Symington family (United States)

The Symington family is a family of politicians from the United States. Below is a list of some of the members:

• James S. Wadsworth (1807–1864), a candidate for Governor of New York 1862. He was the father of James Wolcott Wadsorth.[1]
  • James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846–1926), the New York Comptroller 1880–1881, U.S. Representative from New York 1881–1885, 1891–1907. The son of James S. Wadsworth.[2]
  • John Hay (1838–1905), the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1897–1898, the U.S. Secretary of State 1898–1905. The father-in-law of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.[3]
    • James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (1877–1952), a New York Assemblyman 1905–1910, a U.S. Senator from New York 1915–1927, a U.S. Representative from New York 1933–1951. The son of James Wolcott Wadsworth.[4]
      • Stuart Symington (1901–1988), the Secretary of the Air Force 1947–1950, a U.S. Senator from Missouri 1953–1976, a candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1960. The son-in-law of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.[5]
      • J. Fife Symington Jr. (1910–2007), a candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland in 1958, 1960, and 1962, the U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago 1969–1971. A cousin of Stuart Symington.
      • John Hay Whitney (1904–1982), the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1957–1961. A grandson of John Hay.[6]
        • James W. Symington (born 1927), a U.S. Representative from Missouri (1969–77), and the son of Stuart Symington.[7]
        • Fife Symington III (born 1945), Governor of Arizona, 1991–97. Son of J. Fife Symington Jr.[8]
        • W. Stuart Symington IV (born 1952) The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria (2016-present), to Rwanda (2008-11), and to Djibouti (2006-08). The son of Stuart Symington Jr., and Janey Studt Symington, and a grandson of Stuart Symington.[9][10] Whitney's wife, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney, was also the former wife of U.S. Representative James Roosevelt.[11]

See also

• List of United States political families

References

1. Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Wadel to Wagnalls". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
2. Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Wadel to Wagnalls". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
3. Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Hay". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
4. "WADSWORTH, James Wolcott, Jr. - Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
5. "SYMINGTON, William Stuart (Stuart) - Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
6. Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Whitney". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
7. "SYMINGTON, James Wadsworth - Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
8. Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Sword to Szyperski". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
9. John Hay Whitney was also a grandson of the Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney.
10. Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Whitney". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
11. Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Roosevelt". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2018-04-09.