List of United States Political Families (B) - The Bradstreets and Wiggins

The Bradstreets and Wiggins

• Thomas Wiggin (1592–1667), Governor of Upper Plantation of New Hampshire. Grandfather of Andrew Wiggin.
  • Simon Bradstreet (1603–1697), Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony 1679-1686 1689-1692. Father-in-law of Andrew Wiggin.
    • Andrew Wiggin (1671–1756), New Hampshire Colony Representative, Justice of the New Hampshire Colony Supreme Court. Grandson of Thomas Wiggin.
      • Elisha Williams (1694–1755), member of the Connecticut Colony Legislature. Great-grandson of Simon Bradstreet.
        • Benjamin Wade (1800–1878), U.S. Senator from Ohio 1851-1869. Descendant of Simon Bradstreet.
        • Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815–1882), U.S. Attorney of Massachusetts 1861-1868. Descendant of Simon Bradstreet.
        • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935), Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court 1899-1902, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1902-1932. Descendant of Simon Bradstreet.
        • Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), U.S. Secretary of Commerce 1921-1928, President of the United States 1929-1933. Descendant of Simon Bradstreet.
        • Elliot Richardson (1920–1999), U.S. Attorney of Massachusetts 1959-1961, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1965-1967, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1970-1973, U.S. Secretary of Defense 1973, Attorney General of the United States 1973, U.S. Secretary of Commerce 1976-1977. Descendant of Simon Bradstreet.
        • David Souter (1939-), Attorney General of New Hampshire 1976-1978, Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court 1978-1983, Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court 1983-1990, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals 1990, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–present. Descendant of Simon Bradstreet.
        • John Kerry (1943-), candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1972, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1982-1985, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 1985–present, candidate for President of the United States 2004. Descendant of Simon Bradstreet.

NOTE: Simon Bradstreet was also son-in-law of Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor Thomas Dudley. John Kerry's wife, Teresa, is also widow of U.S Senator H. John Heinz III.