Symington family

The Symington family is a family of politicians from the United States. Below is a list of members:

• James S. Wadsworth (1807–1864), candidate for Governor of New York 1862. Father of James Wolcott Wadsorth.^[1]
  • James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846–1926), New York Comptroller 1880–1881, U.S. Representative from New York 1881–1885, 1891–1907. Son of James S. Wadsworth.^[2]
  • John Hay (1838–1905), U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1897–1898, U.S. Secretary of State 1898–1905. Father-in-law of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.^[3]
    • James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877–1952), New York Assemblyman 1905–1910, U.S. Senator from New York 1915–1927, U.S. Representative from New York 1933–1951. Son of James Wolcott Wadsworth.^[4]
      • Stuart Symington (1901–1988), U.S. Secretary of the Air Force 1947–1950, U.S. Senator from Missouri 1953–1976, candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States 1960. Son-in-law of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.^[5]
      • J. Fife Symington Jr. (1910–2007), candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 1958 1960 1962, U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago 1969–1971. Cousin of Stuart Symington.
      • John Hay Whitney (1904–1981), U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1957–1961. Grandson of John Hay.^[6]
        • James W. Symington (b. 1927), U.S. Representative from Missouri 1969–1977. Son of Stuart Symington.^[7]
        • Fife Symington III (b. 1945), Governor of Arizona 1991–1997. Son of J. Fife Symington Jr.^[8]

NOTE: John Hay Whitney was also grandson of U.S. Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney.^[9] Whitney's wife, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney, was also ex-wife of U.S. Representative James Roosevelt.^[10]

See also

• List of United States political families

References