List of United States political families (T)
The following is an alphabetical list of political families in the United States whose last name begins with T. The Tafts, Lippitts, and Chafees. See Taft-Lippitt-Chafee family political line The Tarsneys and Weadocks. NOTE: Thomas A.E. Weadock was also brother of Saginaw, Michigan Mayor George W. Weadock; uncle of Michigan State Senator G. Leo Weadock; and granduncle of Michigan State Senator George W. Weadock II. The Taylors of Louisiana. NOTE: Zachary Taylor was also second cousin of U.S. President James Madison, second cousin once removed of U.S. Senator Richard Henry Lee , third cousin of U.S. Attorney General Charles Lee and U.S. Representatives Henry Lee and Richard Bland Lee, granduncle of Kentucky State Senator Edmund H. Taylor, Jr., third cousin twice removed of Virginia Governor Fitzhugh Lee, first cousin thrice removed of Missouri Governor Elliot Woolfolk Major, second cousin thrice removed of Missouri Legislator Edgar Bailey Woolfolk, and an ancestor of Florida State Representative Victor Crist. Jefferson Davis was also grandson-in-law of New Jersey Governor Richard Howell and granduncle of U.S. Representative Jefferson Davis Brodhead. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott was related to the Taylor family as his great-grandmother  was the niece of President Zachary Taylor. The Tenneys. NOTE: William Richards Castle, Jr. was also son of Kingdom of Hawaii politician William Richards Castle. The Thomases. NOTE: Charles R. Thomas was also son-in-law of North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin. The Tierneys. NOTE: William L. Tierney was also first cousin of Margaret Elizabeth Tierney, who was sister-in-law of Holyoke, Massachusetts Mayor James J. Curran. The Todds of New Jersey. NOTE: Christine Whitman is also granddaughter-in-law of New York Governor Charles S. Whitman. The Tompkinses of Ohio. NOTE: Emmett Tompkins was also  grandson-in-law of U.S. Representative John Welch. The Trumps. See Trump family and Family of Donald Trump The Tuckers of Virginia. NOTE: John Randolph was also nephew of U.S. Representative Theodorick Bland, cousin of U.S. Secretary of State John Marshall, and second cousin of U.S. Attorney General Edmund Jennings Randolph. The Tylers. NOTE: John Tyler was also fourth cousin once removed of U.S. President William Henry Harrison.