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Low Countries ancestry Politicians in the District of Columbia
(Dutch, Flemish, Frisian, Belgian, Luxemborgian, Walloon)

Cyrenus Cole (1863-1939) — of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. Born near Pella, Marion County, Iowa, January 13, 1863. Republican. Newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1921-33. Dutch ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., November 14, 1939 (age 76 years, 305 days). Interment at First Dutch Reform Church Cemetery, Pella, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of Aart Cole and Henrica (deBooy) Cole.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Joseph Medill McCormick (1877-1925) — also known as Medill McCormick — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 16, 1877. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916, 1920 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker); member of Illinois state legislature, 1910; U.S. Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1917-19; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1919-25; died in office 1925. Scotch-Irish and Dutch ancestry. Died by suicide, through an overdose of barbiturates (reported at the time as a heart attack), in his room at the Hotel Hamilton, Washington, D.C., February 25, 1925 (age 47 years, 285 days). Interment at Middlecreek Cemetery, Byron, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Robert Sanderson McCormick and Katherine Van Etta (Medill) McCormick; brother of Robert Rutherford McCormick; married, June 10, 1903, to Ruth Hanna (daughter of Marcus Alonzo Hanna); grandson of Joseph Meharry Medill; grandnephew of Cyrus Hall McCormick; first cousin of Joseph Medill Patterson; first cousin once removed of William McCormick Blair Jr..   Political family: McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois and New York.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Guy Adrian Vander Jagt (1931-2007) — also known as Guy Vander Jagt — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich.; Luther, Lake County, Mich. Born in Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich., August 26, 1931. Republican. Journalist; news director, WWTV, Cadillac, Mich.; lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 36th District, 1965-66; resigned 1966; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1966-93; defeated in primary, 1992. Presbyterian. Dutch ancestry. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Died, of pancreatic cancer, in Washington, D.C., June 22, 2007 (age 75 years, 300 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.   Relatives: Married to Carol VanderJagt.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782-1852) — also known as Cornelius P. Van Ness — of Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., January 26, 1782. Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Burlington, Vt., 1809-14; U.S. Attorney for Vermont, 1810-13; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1813; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1820-21; chief justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1821-23; Governor of Vermont, 1823-26; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1829-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1840; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1844-45. Dutch ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 15, 1852 (age 70 years, 324 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Brother of John Peter Van Ness and William Peter Van Ness; father of James Peter Van Ness.   Political family: VanNess family of New York City, New York.   Cross-reference: Daniel Kellogg   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Men of Vermont (1894)   John Peter Van Ness (1770-1846) — also known as John P. Van Ness — of New York; Washington, D.C. Born in Claverly (now Ghent), Columbia County, N.Y., 1770. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1801-03; mayor of Washington, D.C., 1830-34. Dutch ancestry. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., March 7, 1846 (age about 75 years). Entombed in mausoleum at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Brother of William Peter Van Ness and Cornelius Peter Van Ness.   Political family: VanNess family of New York City, New York.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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