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Politician members in Delaware

Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard (1918-1985) — also known as Alexis I. du Pont Bayard — of Rockland, New Castle County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., February 11, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1948 (alternate; member, Credentials Committee), 1952 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1960, 1968; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, 1949-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Jaycees. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., September 3, 1985 (age 67 years, 204 days). Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.

		Relatives: Son of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard; brother of Thomas Francis Bayard III; married, April 24, 1944, to Jane Brady Hildreth; father of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); grandson of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; grandnephew of Edward Green Bradford II; great-grandson of James Asheton Bayard Jr. and Edward Green Bradford; great-grandnephew of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and Henry DuPont; second great-grandson of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; third great-grandson of Richard Bassett; third great-grandnephew of John Bubenheim Bayard; sixth great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard; seventh great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; first cousin once removed of Francis Irenee du Pont and Edward Green Bradford Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Henry Belin du Pont Jr.; second cousin once removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Clayton and Littleton Kirkpatrick; second cousin five times removed of Timothy Pitkin; third cousin of Francis Victor du Pont, Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; third cousin once removed of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; third cousin twice removed of Andrew Kirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed of Bailey Frye Adams; eighth great-grandson of George Wyllys and John Haynes.
		Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

John Biggs Jr. (1895-1979) — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., October 6, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Delaware Democratic state chair, 1930-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1932, 1936; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1937-65; took senior status 1965. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., April 15, 1979 (age 83 years, 191 days). Burial location unknown.

Relatives: Son of John Biggs and Rachel Valentine (Massey) Biggs; married, April 16, 1925, to Anna Swift Rupert.

David Penrose Buckson (b. 1920) — also known as David P. Buckson — of Camden, Kent County, Del.; Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Townsend, New Castle County, Del., July 25, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1956; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, 1957-60; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1960; Governor of Delaware, 1960-61; defeated, 1964; Delaware state attorney general, 1963-71. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Sigma Nu. Still living as of 2014.

Henry Johnson Ridgely (1913-1990) — also known as Henry J. Ridgely — of Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Camden, Kent County, Del., November 17, 1913. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1952 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1956 (alternate). Member, Sigma Nu; American Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Odd Fellows; Grange; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died, from kidney failure, in Kent General Hospital, Dover, Kent County, Del., September 10, 1990 (age 76 years, 297 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.

		Relatives: Son of Charles du Pont Ridgely and Helene Marjorie (Rudolph) Ridgely; grandson of Daniel M. Ridgely; second great-grandson of Henry Moore Ridgely; second great-grandnephew of Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely.
		Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Ridgely family of Dover, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) — also known as Ruby R. Vale — of Milford, Sussex County, Del. Born in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., October 19, 1874. Republican. School principal; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1912 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1916, 1948 (alternate). Methodist. French Huguenot ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Historical Association; Phi Kappa Psi; Theta Nu Epsilon; Freemasons; Union League. Died January 2, 1961 (age 86 years, 75 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Joseph Griffith Vale and Sarah Ruby (Eyster) Vale; married, January 21, 1901, to Maria Elizabeth Williams (granddaughter of Peter Foster Causey).
		Political family: Polk family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

Herbert Birchby Warburton (1916-1983) — also known as Herbert B. Warburton — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., September 21, 1916. Republican. Lawyer; secretary of Delaware Republican Party, 1950; chairman, Young Republican National Federation, 1952; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1953-55; candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1954. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Optimist Club. Died in Lewes, Sussex County, Del., July 30, 1983 (age 66 years, 312 days). Cremated.

		Relatives: Son of William Herbert Warburton and Lela Z. (Wingate) Warburton; married 1941 to Elizabeth Grimm.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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