“Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in it is favor is that it is about eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried. Democracy’s worst fault is that its leaders are likely to reflect the faults and virtues of their constituents.”
– Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land)
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 | John Hancock
John Hancock - 4th and 13th President of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence. My 4th cousin 7 times removed. |
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 | William Ellery.
William Ellery - He signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island. My 3rd cousin, 8X removed. |
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 | Josiah Bartlett
Josiah Bartlett - He signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire. |
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 | Nathaniel Gorham
Nathaniel Gorham - Delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress, and was one of the signers of the Constitution - My 4th cousin 7 times removed. |
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 | Nicholas Gilman
Nicholas Gilman - Delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress, and was one of the signers of the Constitution - My 5th cousin 6 times removed. |
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 | President William Henry Harrison.
President William Henry Harrison - 9th President of the United States - Married to my 6th cousin 8 times removed. |
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 | President Franklin Pierce.
President Franklin Pierce - 14th President of the United States - my 4th cousin 7 times removed |
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 | President Rutherford Birchard Hayes
President Rutherford Birchard Hayes - 19th president of the United States. My 7th cousin 4 times removed. |
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 | President James Garfield.
James Garfield - 20th President of the United States - My 6th cousin, 5 times removed. |
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 | Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland - 22nd and 24th President of the United States. My 7th cousin 4 times removed. |
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 | President Benjamin Harrison.
President Benjamin Harrison 23rd president of the United States, My 8th cousin 6 times removed. |
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 | President William Howard Taft
President William Howard Taft - 27th President of the United States. My 9th cousin, 3 times removed. |
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 | President Calvin Coolidge.
President Calvin Coolidge - 30th President of the United States, My 7th cousin, 4 times removed. |
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 | President Herbert Hoover
President Herbert Hoover - 31st President of the United States. My 7th cousin 4 times removed. |
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 | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 32nd President of the United States. My 8th cousin 5 times removed. |
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 | President Richard M. Nixon
President Richard M. Nixon - 37th President of the United States, my 9th cousin. |
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 | President Gerald R. Ford
President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) - 38th president of the United States. My 11th cousin. |
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 | Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter - 39th President of the United States. My 9th cousin 2X removed. |
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 | President Ronald Reagan
President Ronald Reagan - 40th president of the United States. Married to my 11th cousin. |
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 | President George H. W. Bush.
President George H. W. Bush - 41st President of the United States, My 9th cousin 2 times removed. |
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 | President George Walker Bush.
President George Walker Bush. 43rd President of the United States, My 10th cousin 1 time removed. |
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 | Joe Biden
Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States. Married to my 11th cousin once removed. |
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 | Vice President Colfax Schuyler Jr.
Colfax Schuyler Jr. - 17th Vice President of the United States, My 6th cousin 5 times removed. |
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 | Vice President Levi P Morton.
Levi P Morton - 22nd Vice President of the United States. My 7th cousin 6 times removed. |
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 | Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks
Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks - 26th Vice President of the United States, my 6th cousin 5 times removed. |
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 | Vice President Charles Gates Dawes.
Vice President Charles Gates Dawes - 30th Vice President of the United States. My 8th cousin 5 times removed. |
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 | Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis - 31st Vice-President of the United States under Herbert Hoover. My 7th cousin 5X removed. |
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 | Vice President Nelson Rockefeller.
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller - 41st Vice President of the United States - My 8th cousin 3 times removed. |
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 | Dan Quayle
Dan Quayle - 44th Vice President of the United States. My 13th cousin. |
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 | Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, My 8th Cousin twice removed. |
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 | Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, My 9th Cousin once removed. |
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 | President Erskine Childers
President Erskine Childers - Fourth President of Ireland. My 8th cousin twice removed. |
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 | Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden
Robert Laird Borden- The 8th Prime Minister of Canada. My 6th cousin 4X removed. |
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 | Mark Udall.
Mark Udall - Democratic Senator from Colorado, My 9th cousin 2 times removed. |
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 | Sarah Palin.
Governor Sarah Louise Palin (nee Heath) - The youngest person and the first woman to be elected Governor of Alaska, My 11th cousin. |
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 | Alderman Ed Burke
Alderman Edward M. Burke - One of Chicago's longest serving Aldermen, Married to my wife's 2nd cousin 2 times removed. |
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 | Justice Anne M Burke
Justice Anne M Burke - Illinois Supreme Court Justice. My wife's second cousin twice removed. |
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 | Mike Huckabee.
Mike Huckabee - 44th Governor of Arkansas - My 11th cousin 2 times removed. |
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 | Jeb Bush
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush - 43rd governor of the state of Florida. My tenth cousin, once removed. |
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 | Roy H Brigham
Roy H Brigham - Michigan state House of Representatives from Calhoun County 1st District, and served from 1949 to 1964. My Great Grandfather. |
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 | Governor John Davis.
Governor "Honest" John Davis - 14th & 17th Governor of Massachusetts also served in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. My 4th cousin 7 times removed. |
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 | Governor Mark Brandt Dayton.
Governor Mark Brandt Dayton - 40th Governor of Minnesota also, served in the U.S. Senate. My 12th cousin once removed. |
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 | Secretary John Forbes Kerry
John Kerry - Serial gold-digger. At the Communists War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, John Kerry's picture hangs in a section dedicated to the anti-war activists who helped the Vietnamese Communists win the Vietnam War. My 12th cousin two times removed. |
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 | Honorable Elijah Brigham.
Honorable Elijah Brigham - U.S. House of Representatives, 1811 - 1815. My 2nd cousin, 8 times removed. |
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 | Governor Paul Brigham.
Governor Paul Brigham - Second Governor of Vermont and other offices. My second cousin eight times removed. |
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 | Mayor Daniel Lamb Wheelock.
Mayor Daniel Lamb Wheelock. First Mayor of Moline, Rock Island Illinois. My fifth cousin, six times removed. |
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 | Charles Alfred Pillsbury.
Charles Alfred Pillsbury - Minnesota State Senate, 1878 to 1886. My ninth cousin, four times removed. |
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 | Prescott Bush.
Prescott Bush - United States Senator from Connecticut, November 5, 1952 – January 2, 1963. My eighth cousin, three times removed. |
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 | Stillman Wright Wheelock.
Stillman Wright Wheelock. Mayor of Moline, Rock Island, Illinois 1877-1883. My fifth cousin Six times removed. |
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 | Mayor Mavor Brigham
Mayor Mavor Brigham - 14th mayor of Toledo, Ohio. He was a die-hard abolitionist and an active participant in the Underground Railroad. My fourth cousin, six times removed. |
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