[Alberta's Child]

There's a political dynasty in New Jersey that hasn't attracted a lot of attention because none of the players involved has sought higher office, but it is my understanding that the Congressional district that includes the Morristown area has been represented by a member of the Frelinghuysen family for every year since the founding of the United States with the exception of one or two terms.

[jocon307]

Good call Alberta's, I should have remembered the Frelinghuysens. They must go all the way back to the Dutch days, eh? When you get out to that part of Jersey, their name is everywhere. I've always wondered what its like to be part of a family like that. And in NY there is the Fish family, the most recent fellow was in Congress a few years ago, and I think their involvement goes back at least to the Revolution. The bridge that crosses the Hudson from Newburg to Beacon is also called the Hamilton Fish bridge, and I think the recent rep. may have been Hamilton IV, or something like that.