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This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

	Amaziah Brainard (1780-1841) — of Colchester, New London County, Conn. Born in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Conn., June 12, 1780. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Colchester, 1829-30. Died in Colchester, New London County, Conn., April 1, 1841 (age 60 years, 293 days). Interment at Waterhole Cemetery, East Hampton, Conn.   Relatives: Son of William Brainard and Lucy (Day) Brainard; married 1824 to Huldah Foote; father of Leveret Brainard; second cousin once removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; second cousin four times removed of Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; third cousin of Orville Hungerford; third cousin once removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer, Eli Elmer, John Allen, Chester Ackley, John Adams Taintor, Henry Ward Beecher and Henry G. Taintor; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Kellogg, Daniel Chapin (1761-1821), Oliver Morgan Hungerford, George Buckingham Beecher and Clarence Hungerford Mackay; third cousin thrice removed of Eugene Lamb Richards Jr., William C. Hungerford, Charlotte H. McMorran, Francis Watkinson Cole and Frances Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Samuel Clesson Allen, Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer and John William Allen; fourth cousin once removed of Jason Kellogg, John Taintor, Elijah Boardman, William Bostwick, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Joseph Churchill Strong, Ebenezer Strong, Timothy Merrill, Daniel Warner Bostwick, Chester Ashley, Daniel Chapin (1791-1878), Chester William Chapin, Graham Hurd Chapin, Elisha Hunt Allen, Anson Levi Holcomb, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, George Bradley Kellogg, Joseph H. Elmer, Henry Purdy Day, Edmund Day, Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918), George Frederick Stone and Allen Jacob Holcomb.   Political family: Bulkeley-Morgan-Brainard family of Hartford, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley (1803-1872) — also known as Eliphalet Bulkeley — of East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., January 20, 1803. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from East Haddam, 1834; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1857; member of Connecticut state senate 19th District, 1838, 1840. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., February 13, 1872 (age 69 years, 24 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of John Charles Bulkeley and Sally (Taintor) Bulkeley; married, January 31, 1830, to Lydia Smith Morgan (first cousin of Edwin Denison Morgan); father of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, William Henry Bulkeley and Mary Jerusha Bulkeley (who married Leveret Brainard); second cousin once removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor and Solomon Taintor; third cousin of John Adams Taintor and Henry G. Taintor; third cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin; fourth cousin of Henry Meigs and William Whiting Boardman; fourth cousin once removed of James Kilbourne, Jonathan Stratton, Henry Meigs Jr., John Forsyth Jr., Samuel S. Knabenshue and Benjamin Baker Merrill.   Political family: Bulkeley-Morgan-Brainard family of Hartford, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Edwin Denison Morgan (1811-1883) — also known as Edwin D. Morgan — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, Berkshire County, Mass., February 8, 1811. Merchant; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1850-53; New York Republican state chair, 1856-58, 1874-75; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1856-64, 1872-76; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1856, 1860, 1864, 1876; Governor of New York, 1859-62; defeated (Republican), 1876; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Senator from New York, 1863-69; member of Republican National Committee from New York, 1872-; Republican Presidential Elector for New York, 1880 (voted for James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur). Died of Bright's disease, in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 14, 1883 (age 72 years, 6 days). Entombed at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Catherine (Copp) Morgan and Jasper Morgan; married, August 19, 1833, to Eliza Waterman; uncle of William Frederick Morgan Rowland; first cousin of Lydia Smith Morgan (who married Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley); first cousin once removed of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley and William Henry Bulkeley; second cousin of Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan; second cousin twice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin of Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin twice removed of George Champlin; third cousin thrice removed of Mason Turner; fourth cousin of Lorenzo Burrows and William Waigstill Avery; fourth cousin once removed of David Hough, Christopher Grant Champlin, Jeremiah Mason, Daniel Packer, Asa Packer and Samuel S. Knabenshue.   Political families: Bulkeley-Morgan-Brainard family of Hartford, Connecticut; Morgan family of Aurora, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: New York Red Book 1896
	Leveret Brainard (1828-1902) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., December 13, 1828. Republican. Mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1894-96. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., July 2, 1902 (age 73 years, 201 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Amaziah Brainard and Huldah (Foote) Brainard; married, November 29, 1865, to Mary Jerusha Bulkeley (daughter of Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley; sister of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley and William Henry Bulkeley); second cousin twice removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Henry Ward Beecher; third cousin once removed of Orville Hungerford and George Buckingham Beecher; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer, Eli Elmer, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, John Allen, Frederick Wolcott and Frances Payne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg, Daniel Chapin, Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes, Henry May Dawes and Oliver Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Chester Ackley, John Adams Taintor and Henry G. Taintor; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, John William Allen, Oliver Morgan Hungerford and Clarence Hungerford Mackay.   Political family: Bulkeley-Morgan-Brainard family of Hartford, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (1837-1922) — also known as Morgan G. Bulkeley — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., December 26, 1837. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president, Aetna Life Insurance Company, 1870-1922; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1880-88; defeated, 1878; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1884 (alternate), 1892, 1896; Governor of Connecticut, 1889-93; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1896; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1905-11. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; Society of the War of 1812. First president of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs in 1876. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., November 6, 1922 (age 84 years, 315 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley and Lydia Smith (Morgan) Bulkeley; brother of William Henry Bulkeley and Mary Jerusha Bulkeley (who married Leveret Brainard); married, February 11, 1885, to Fannie Briggs Houghton; first cousin once removed of Edwin Denison Morgan; second cousin of William Frederick Morgan Rowland; second cousin once removed of Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan; second cousin twice removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor and Solomon Taintor; second cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin once removed of John Adams Taintor, Henry G. Taintor and Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin twice removed of Timothy Pitkin; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Meigs, William Whiting Boardman, Lorenzo Burrows and William Waigstill Avery.   Political family: Bulkeley-Morgan-Brainard family of Hartford, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Morgan G. Bulkeley: Kevin Murphy, Crowbar Governor: The Life and Times of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley
	William Henry Bulkeley (1840-1902) — also known as William H. Bulkeley — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., March 2, 1840. Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1881-83. Died in Connecticut, 1902 (age about 62 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley and Lydia Smith (Morgan) Bulkeley; brother of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley and Mary Jerusha Bulkeley (who married Leveret Brainard); married 1863 to Emma Gurney; first cousin once removed of Edwin Denison Morgan; second cousin of William Frederick Morgan Rowland; second cousin once removed of Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan; second cousin twice removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor and Solomon Taintor; second cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin once removed of John Adams Taintor, Henry G. Taintor and Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin twice removed of Timothy Pitkin; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Meigs, William Whiting Boardman, Lorenzo Burrows and William Waigstill Avery.   Political family: Bulkeley-Morgan-Brainard family of Hartford, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).