Politicians in Your Past?

Jean Turner shared an interesting website this week. It's the Political Graveyard: "The Internet's Most Comprehensive Source of U. S. Political Biographies."

I spent a little time exploring and checked on the one name in my family that I knew had been elected to office. Sure enough, there he was, listed in Montana as a state legislator. The site's owner did not know his death date or burial location (I didn't find a place to share that information yet). However, many of the folks have spouses and/or children included as part of their bio.

You can search by surname, location, time period, political office, "trouble," death, etc. I found the list of "politicians whose remains were never found" to be interesting. And the short list of Ku Klux Klan members who held political office was disconcerting, to say the least.

So if you have a politician in your ancestry, or this sounds like an interesting way to spend an hour or so, try  www.politicalgraveyard.com

Thanks, Jean!