List of United States Political Families (M) - The Moffats

The Moffats

• Seth Low (1850–1916), Mayor of Brooklyn, New York 1882–1885; candidate for Mayor of New York City 1897; Mayor of New York City 1902–1903; delegate to the Republican National Convention 1908; delegate to the New York Constitutional Convention 1915. Uncle of Seth Low Pierrepont and A. Augustus Low.
  • Seth Low Pierrepont (1884–1956), Connecticut State Representative 1921–1927. Nephew of Seth Low.
  • A. Augustus Low (1889–1963), Chairman of the Hamilton County, New York Republican Party 1930–1942; delegate to the New York Constitutional Convention 1938. Nephew of Seth Low.
    • Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896–1943), U.S. Consul in Sydney 1935–1937; U.S. Minister to Canada 1940–1943. Nephew of Seth Low Pierrepont.
    • Abbot Low Moffat (1901–1996), New York Assemblyman 1929–1943. Nephew of Seth Low Pierrepont.
      • Jay P. Moffat (1932–), U.S. Ambassador to Chad 1985–1987. Son of Jay Pierrepont Moffat.
      • William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917–1994), U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic 1964–1966, U.S. Ambassador to Portugal 1966–1969. Nephew by marriage of Jay Pierrepont Moffat and Abram Low Moffat.

NOTE: Seth Low was also son-in-law of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin R. Curtis. Jay Pierrepont Moffat was also son-in-law of U.S. Ambassador Joseph Grew. Moffat and Abbot Low Moffat were also brother-in-law of U.S. Ambassador John Campbell White.