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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Paget family of Portland, Oregon</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.</p> <p>These groupings — even the <i>names</i> of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.</p> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Fletcher Caples (1832-1908)</b> — also known as <b>John F. Caples</b> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AH-born.html">Ashland County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/01-12.html">January 12, 1832</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/sthse.html">Oregon state house of representatives</a>, 1873; candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html ">Valparaiso</a>, as of 1898. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>. Died in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-died.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/07-17.html">July 17, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 187 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-buried.html#cms00797">River View Cemetery</a>, Portland, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Robert Francis Caples and Charlotte (Laffer) Caples; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/">1854</a> to Sarah Jemima Morrison; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#435.23.82">Lowell Caples Paget</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#773.03.40">Eileen Paget</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15872.html">Paget family</a> of Portland, Oregon.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/84009762">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin Lee Paget (1864-1944)</b> — also known as <b>B. Lee Paget</b> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Born in Somerset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/06-14.html">June 14, 1864</a>. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oregon</a>, 1906, 1912; candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon. Died in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-died.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/07-21.html">July 21, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 37 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-buried.html#cms00797">River View Cemetery</a>, Portland, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Edward Paget and Sarah (Hutton) Paget; married to Margaret Ann Caples; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#435.23.82">Lowell Caples Paget</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#773.03.40">Eileen Paget</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15872.html">Paget family</a> of Portland, Oregon.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/84009424">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Beatrice Mary Paget (1896-2002)</b> — also known as <b>Beatrice Mary Thurston</b>; <b>Mrs. Lowell C. Paget</b> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/BE-born.html">Benton County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/10-11.html">October 11, 1896</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/OR.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-died.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/06-01.html">June 1, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/105.html">105 years, 233 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-buried.html#cms00797">River View Cemetery</a>, Portland, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Edward Alfred 'Alf' Thurston and Margaret 'Maggie' (Long) Thurston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/07-05.html">July 5, 1919</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#435.23.82">Lowell Caples Paget</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#773.03.40">Eileen Paget</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15872.html">Paget family</a> of Portland, Oregon.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/84009045">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lowell Caples Paget (1898-1967)</b> — also known as <b>Lowell C. Paget</b> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Born in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-born.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-08.html">May 8, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/sthse.html">Oregon state house of representatives</a>, 1933-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/OR.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/OR.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/OR.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/OR.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/OR.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/OR.html">1964</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/OR.html">Republican National Committee from Oregon</a>, 1960-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-died.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/03-20.html">March 20, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-buried.html#cms00797">River View Cemetery</a>, Portland, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Margaret Ann (Caples) Paget and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#038.24.10">Benjamin Lee Paget</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/07-05.html">July 5, 1919</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#268.61.35">Beatrice Mary Thurston</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#773.03.40">Eileen Paget</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#138.57.91">John Fletcher Caples</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15872.html">Paget family</a> of Portland, Oregon.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/84009079">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Eileen Paget (b. 1939)</b> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Born in Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/OR.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1960. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#268.61.35">Beatrice Mary Paget</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#435.23.82">Lowell Caples Paget</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pagenkopf-paige.html#038.24.10">Benjamin Lee Paget</a>; great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#138.57.91">John Fletcher Caples</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15872.html">Paget family</a> of Portland, Oregon.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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