List of United States Political Families (B) - The Bradfords

The Bradfords

• William Bradford (1590–1657), Governor of Plymouth Colony 1621-1633 1635-1636 1637-1638 1639-1644 1645-1657. Great-great-grandfather of William Bradford.
  • William Bradford (1729–1808), Rhode Island Colony Representative, member of the Bristol County, Rhode Island Committee of Safety; member of the Rhode Island Colony Committee of Correspondence 1773-1776; Deputy Governor of Rhode Island 1775-1778; Delegate to the Continental Congress from Rhode Island 1776; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1793-1797. Great-great-grandson of William Bradford.
    • James De Wolf (1764–1837), Rhode Island State Representative, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1821-1827. Son-in-law of William Bradford.
      • James G. Carter (1795–1849), Massachusetts State Representative. Descendant of William Bradford.
      • Charles Sumner (1811–1874), candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1848, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 1851-1855 1855-1857 1857-1873 1873-1874. Descendant of William Bradford.
      • George B. McClellan (1826–1885), candidate for President of the United States 1864, Governor of New Jersey 1878-1881. Descendant of William Bradford.
      • William Collins Whitney (1841–1904), U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1885-1889. Descendant of William Bradford.
        • James DeWolf Perry, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1868. Grandson of James De Wolf.
        • LeBaron B. Colt (1846–1924), Rhode Island State Representative 1879-1881, U.S. District Court Judge of Rhode Island 1881-1884, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals 1884-1913, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1913-1924. Great-great-grandson of William Bradford.
          • George B. McClellan, Jr. (1865–1940), New York City Alderman, acting Mayor of New York City 1893, U.S. Representative from New York 1895-1903, Mayor of New York City 1904-1909. Son of George B. McClellan.
          • Robert F. Bradford (1902–1983), Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1945-1947, Governor of Massachusetts 1947-1949. Descendant of William Bradford.
          • John Hay Whitney (1904–1982), U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1957-1961. Grandson of William Collins Whitney.
          • William Rehnquist (1924–2005), Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972-1986, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1986-2005. Descendant of William Bradford.
          • Adlai Stevenson III (1930-), Illinois State Representative 1965-1967, Treasurer of Illinois 1967-1970, U.S. Senator from Illinois 1970-1981, candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States 1976, candidate for Governor of Illinois 1982 1986. Descendant of William Bradford.
          • Edward Lamont, Jr. (1954-), Greenwich, Connecticut Selectman; candidate for Connecticut State Senate 1990; candidate for U.S. Senate from Connecticut 2006. Descendant of William Bradford.
          • Sheldon Whitehouse (1955-), U.S. Attorney in Rhode Island 1994-1998, Attorney General of Rhode Island 1999-2003, candidate for Governor of Rhode Island 2002, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 2007–present. Great-great-great-grandson of William Bradford.

NOTE: James DeWolf Perry was also first cousin of U.S. Senator Matthew C. Butler. Adlai Stevenson III is also great-grandson of U.S. Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson I, grandson of Illinois Secretary of State Lewis G. Stevenson, and son of Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II. John Hay Whitney was also grandson of U.S. Secretary of State John Hay. Whitney's wife, Betsey, was also ex-wife of U.S. Representative James Roosevelt.