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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan</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>This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.</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>Samuel Adams (1722-1803)</b> — also known as <b>"The Tribune of the People"</b>; <b>"The Cromwell of New England"</b>; <b>"Determinatus"</b>; <b>"The Psalm Singer"</b>; <b>"Amendment Monger"</b>; <b>"American Cato"</b>; <b>"Samuel the Publican"</b> — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1722/09-27.html">September 27, 1722</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts</a>, 1774-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1779, 1788; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1781; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1789-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1796.html">1796</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/10-02.html">October 2, 1803</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html#cms00130">Old Granary Burying Ground</a>, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <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 Samuel Adams and Mary (Fifield) Adams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1749/">1749</a> to Elizabeth Checkley; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/">1764</a> to Elizabeth Wells; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen2.html#737.34.24">Charles Allen</a>; great-grandfather of Elizabeth Wells Randall (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cumback-cumming.html#412.45.32">Alfred Cumming</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#453.52.89">William Vincent Wells</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#964.94.01">George Washington Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#667.46.85">Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#686.41.46">John Quincy Adams (1833-1894)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#938.47.07">Brooks Adams</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#651.84.71">Lyman Kidder Bass</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#369.31.54">Daniel T. Hayden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bates.html#735.59.49">Arthur Laban Bates</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#945.56.41">Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiting.html#473.65.76">Almur Stiles Whiting</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#477.85.86">Charles Grenfill Washburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#203.86.66">Lyman Metcalfe Bass</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#257.28.91">Emerson Richard Boyles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#433.61.01">Thomas Boylston Adams</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushing.html#369.61.01">Caleb Cushing</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#791.00.17">Erastus Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.99.20">Nathaniel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#454.18.53">Elisha Mills Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#499.49.02">Charles Adams Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#897.43.79">James Brooks</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#760.54.00">Benjamin W. Waite</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#713.64.48">George Otis Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#067.79.86">Austin Wells Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#357.41.81">Horace Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grossi-grout.html#484.12.67">Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#420.92.95">Franklin Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#656.56.77">Edgar Weeks</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#540.60.75">Arthur Newton Holden</a>; third cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#267.05.91">John Quincy Adams (1848-1911)</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 families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Sam Adams, in the White Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-names.html">Coos County, New Hampshire</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Samuel Adams</i> (built 1941 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California</a>; scrapped 1966) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000045">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400706">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-adams-2/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/732/000048588">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4134">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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>Books about Samuel Adams:</i> Donald Barr Chidsey, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0840763832/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0840763832&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The World of Samuel Adams</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6268119530/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/675/84.63.jpg" width=70 height=78 border=0 alt="John Adams"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Adams (1735-1826)</b> — also known as <b>"His Rotundity"</b>; <b>"The Duke of Braintree"</b>; <b>"American Cato"</b>; <b>"Old Sink and Swim"</b>; <b>"The Colossus of Independence"</b>; <b>"Father of the American Navy"</b> — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1735/10-30.html">October 30, 1735</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts</a>, 1774-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-diplomats.html ">Netherlands</a>, 1781-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1785-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1789-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1820. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-arts-sciences.html">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1900. Died in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/07-04.html">July 4, 1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 247 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms07299">Hancock Cemetery</a>, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment in 1828 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms02213">United First Parish Church</a>, Quincy, Mass.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <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 John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/10-25.html">October 25, 1764</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#432.12.41">Abigail Quincy Smith</a> (aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crampton-crandall.html#350.99.32">William Cranch</a>); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#336.33.33">William Stephens Smith</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams6.html#194.84.36">Louisa Catherine Johnson</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#964.94.01">George Washington Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#667.46.85">Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#686.41.46">John Quincy Adams (1833-1894)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#938.47.07">Brooks Adams</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#945.56.41">Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#433.61.01">Thomas Boylston Adams</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#643.28.78">Denwood Lynn Chapin</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#453.52.89">William Vincent Wells</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#651.84.71">Lyman Kidder Bass</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#369.31.54">Daniel T. Hayden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bates.html#735.59.49">Arthur Laban Bates</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiting.html#473.65.76">Almur Stiles Whiting</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#477.85.86">Charles Grenfill Washburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#203.86.66">Lyman Metcalfe Bass</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#257.28.91">Emerson Richard Boyles</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#446.92.43">Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#998.41.69">Jeremiah Mason</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lordell-lotus.html#067.03.43">George Bailey Loring</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#501.57.58">Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.85.99">Asahel Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#791.00.17">Erastus Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#191.43.20">Charles Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#673.35.18">Henry Brewster Stanton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#499.49.02">Charles Adams Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#416.90.03">Isaiah Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#787.28.99">Eli Thayer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#216.73.47">Day Otis Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#049.84.76">Dwight Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#643.75.14">Caleb Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#054.90.99">Oliver Ames Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#760.54.00">Benjamin W. Waite</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#911.07.67">Alfred Elisha Ames</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#713.64.48">George Otis Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#067.79.86">Austin Wells Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#357.41.81">Horace Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grossi-grout.html#484.12.67">Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#452.02.17">Joseph Washburn Yates</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sprague.html#601.84.02">Augustus Brown Reed Sprague</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#420.92.95">Franklin Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#906.07.86">Erskine Mason Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#540.60.75">Arthur Newton Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#019.52.27">John Alden Thayer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#192.92.24">Irving Hall Chase</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#441.17.86">Isaiah Kidder Stetson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#596.46.56">Giles Russell Taggart</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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;">Adams counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AM.html">Idaho</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AM.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/AD.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AD.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AD.html">Pa.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/AD.html">Wash.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/AD.html">Wis.</a> are named for him.</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Adams (second highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-names.html">Coos County, New Hampshire</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Adams</i> (built 1941-42 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; torpedoed and lost in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-names.html">Coral Sea</a>, 1942) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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>Other politicians named for him:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harper.html#363.62.06">John Adams Harper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cameron.html#960.45.88">John A. Cameron</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#242.75.21">John A. Dix</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fisher.html#719.15.50">John Adams Fisher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#106.38.64">John A. Taintor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#066.36.02">John A. Gilmer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#187.98.39">John A. Perkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyden-hyzer.html#427.78.01">John Adams Hyman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalzell-damrow.html#214.36.17">John A. Damon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee5.html#568.42.90">John A. Lee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#124.78.05">John A. Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurn-hutchin.html#426.55.39">John Adams Hurson</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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000039">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400699">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/adams-john">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/222/000044090">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4131">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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>Books about John Adams:</i> John Ferling, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805045767/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805045767&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Adams: A Life</a> — Joseph J. Ellis, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393311333/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393311333&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams</a> — David McCullough, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743223136/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743223136&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Adams</a> — Gore Vidal, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300101716/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300101716&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson</a> — John Ferling, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195167716/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195167716&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800</a> — James Grant, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374113149/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0374113149&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Adams : Party of One</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>Image source:</i> Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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 W. Waite (1811-1891)</b> — also known as <b>Benjamin W. Wait</b> — of Scio Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich.; Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-born.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/10-13.html">October 13, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/scio-twp.html">supervisor of Scio Township, Michigan</a>, 1843-44, 1845-47, 1848-49, 1850-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a>, 1850. Died in Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/index.html">1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html# ">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>, Dexter, Mich. <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 Benjamin Waite and Polly (Whedon) Waite; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/05-24.html">May 24, 1834</a>, to Lois Ann Hicks; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#034.91.28">Benjamin W. Waite Jr.</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#973.34.25">David E. Waite</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</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 families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0392.html">Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family</a> of Dexter, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/145298892">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 W. Waite Jr. (1838-1914)</b> — of Scio Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/11-18.html">November 18, 1838</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/scio-twp.html">Supervisor of Scio Township, Michigan</a>, 1882-83; defeated, 1896. Died in Scio Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-20.html">June 20, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 214 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#760.54.00">Benjamin W. Waite</a> and Lois Ann (Hicks) Waite; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/">1862</a> to Electa J. Chapin; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#973.34.25">David E. Waite</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/10001-0392.html">Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family</a> of Dexter, Michigan (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>David E. Waite (1853-1923)</b> — of Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Putnam Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LI-born.html">Livingston County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/06-07.html">June 7, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/scio-twp.html">supervisor of Scio Township, Michigan</a>; elected 1919. Died in Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/07-11.html">July 11, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 34 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html# ">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>, Dexter, Mich. <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 David H. Waite and Eleanor (Forshee) Waite; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/12-05.html">December 5, 1877</a>, to Ida M. Litchfield; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#760.54.00">Benjamin W. Waite</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#034.91.28">Benjamin W. Waite Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fornance-forsythe.html#402.51.72">Ray Louis Forshee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fornance-forsythe.html#269.55.08">Frank J. Forshee</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/10001-0392.html">Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family</a> of Dexter, Michigan (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/155856818">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>Ray Louis Forshee (1884-1974)</b> — also known as <b>Ray L. Forshee</b> — of Pittsfield Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich.; Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-19.html">March 19, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Clothing salesman</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pittsfield-twp.html">supervisor of Pittsfield Township, Michigan</a>, 1941. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">legs were amputated</a> due to arteriosclerosis. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Whitehall <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Convalescent Center</a>, Pittsfield Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/01-05.html">January 5, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 292 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms05301">St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery</a>, Ann Arbor, Mich. <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 John Henry Forshee and Virginia (Cowan) Forshee; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fornance-forsythe.html#269.55.08">Frank J. Forshee</a>; married to Ida Dorothy Lerg; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#973.34.25">David E. Waite</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/10001-0392.html">Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family</a> of Dexter, Michigan (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>Frank J. Forshee (1896-1991)</b> — of Pittsfield Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich.; Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/06-10.html">June 10, 1896</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pittsfield-twp.html">supervisor of Pittsfield Township, Michigan</a>, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wound</a>, in Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/01-15.html">January 15, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 219 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <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 John Henry Forshee and Virginia (Cowan) Forshee; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fornance-forsythe.html#402.51.72">Ray Louis Forshee</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#973.34.25">David E. Waite</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/10001-0392.html">Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family</a> of Dexter, Michigan (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>Randolph Appleton Kidder (1913-1996)</b> — of Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Ipswich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/07-06.html">July 6, 1913</a>. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-consuls.html ">Montreal</a>, as of 1938-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AU-consuls.html ">Sydney</a>, as of 1940-41; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Pará</a>, as of 1944-46; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CB-diplomats.html ">Cambodia</a>, 1964-65. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/01-04.html">January 4, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 182 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00204">Mt. Auburn Cemetery</a>, Cambridge, Mass. <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 Alfred Vincent Kidder and Madeleine (Appleton) Kidder; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/02-05.html">February 5, 1938</a>, to Dorothy Douglas Robinson; grandnephew by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stafford.html#584.28.19">Henry Hinckley Stafford</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#569.68.90">James Appleton</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#847.27.33">John Appleton (1815-1864)</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#071.08.10">William Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#688.16.87">Fannie Kidder Tyler</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#793.53.13">John Appleton (1804-1891)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#760.54.00">Benjamin W. Waite</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#135.56.69">William Vinson Kidder</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#009.95.38">Arthur Taggard Appleton</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/kidder-randolph-appleton ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/118391200">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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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