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

The Bullitts

  • Thomas Bullitt, military officer in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, also surveyed Kentucky.
  • Cuthbert Bullitt (1740–1791), delegate to the revolutionary Provincial Congress of Virginia, Commonwealth Attorney for Prince William County, Virginia, later became a state court judge and delegate to the Virginia Ratifying Convention.
    • Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761–1816), delegate to Kentucky constitutional convention. Served in the Kentucky Senate and later became Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.
      • John Christian Bullitt (1824–1902), lawyer and Grandson of Alexander Scott Bullitt. Founded law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath, drafted Philadelphia city charter.
        • William Christian Bullitt (1856–1914), Pennsylvania State Representative. Son of John Christian Bullitt.
          • William Christian Bullitt, Jr. (1891–1967), United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union 1933-1936, United States Ambassador to France 1936-1940, candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1943. Son of William Christian Bullitt.
          • A. Scott Bullitt (1877–1932), candidate for Governor of Washington 1928. First cousin of William Christian Bullitt, Jr.
            • Daniel B. Brewster (1923–2007), Maryland House Delegate 1950-1958, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1959-1963, U.S. Senator from Maryland 1963-1969. Son-in-law of William Christian Bullitt, Jr.

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