List of United States Political Families (M) - The Monroes and Alsops

The Monroes and Alsops

• Joseph Jones (1727–1805), delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention 1776, member of the Virginia Legislature 1776, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia 1777, Virginia State Court Judge 1778. Uncle of James Monroe.
  • James Monroe (1758–1831), Governor of Virginia 1799–1802 1811, U.S. Secretary of War 1814–1815, U.S. Secretary of State 1811–1814 1815–1817, President of the United States 1817–1825. Nephew of Joseph Jones.
  • Thomas B. Monroe (1791–1865), Kentucky State Representative 1816, Kentucky Secretary of State 1823–1824, U.S. District Court Judge in Kentucky 1834–1861, Delegate to the Confederate States Provisional Congress from Kentucky 1861–1862. Distant cousin of James Monroe.
    • James Monroe (1799–1870), U.S. Representative from New York 1839–1841, New York Assemblyman 1850 1852. Nephew of James Monroe.
    • Samuel L. Gouverneur (1799–1867), member of the New York state legislature, Postmaster of New York City 1828–1836. Nephew by marriage and son-in-law of James Monroe.
      • Samuel Laurence Gouverneur, Jr., U.S. Consul to Foo Chow, China. Son of Samuel L. Gouverneur.
        • Theodore D. Robinson (1883–1934), New York Assemblyman 1912, New York State Senator 1922. Great-great-grandnephew of James Monroe.
        • Corinne R. Alsop (1886–1971), Connecticut State Representative 1925, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1936, member of the Connecticut Republican Committee 1940. Great-great-grandniece of James Monroe.
        • Joseph Wright Alsop (1876–1953), Connecticut State Representative 1907–1909, Connecticut State Senator 1909–1913, member of the Connecticut Republican Committee 1909–1912. Husband of Corinne R. Alsop.
          • John Alsop (1915–2000), Connecticut State Representative 1947–1949, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1952 1960 1972, candidate for Governor of Connecticut 1962. Son of Corinne R. Alsop and Joseph Wright Alsop.

NOTE: Theodore D. Robinson and Corinne R. Alsop were also niece and nephew of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, first cousins of Puerto Rico Governor Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and first cousins by marriage of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nicholas Longworth. Joseph Wright Alsop was also son of Connecticut State Senator Joseph W. Alsop.