The Felt family is a family of politicians from the United States that descends from George Felt, a 17th-century English-born New England colonist. Below is a list of members:

  • Peter Felt (1784–1866), New Hampshire State Representative 1825 1828–1829. First cousin of John Felt and Daniel Felt.[1]
  • John Felt (1798–1887), New Hampshire State Representative. First cousin of Peter Felt and Daniel Felt.[2]
  • Joseph Barlow Felt (1789-1869), Dartmouth College class of 1813; scholar and writer who documented the earliest settlement and Puritan culture of Salem, Massachusetts.
  • Daniel Felt (1799–1882), New Hampshire State Representative 1855. First cousin of Peter Felt and John Felt.[3]
  • Josiah Robbins (1761–1850), New Hampshire State Representative. Second cousin by marriage of Peter Felt, John Felt, and Daniel Felt.[4]
    • Dorman Felt (1810–1876), Michigan State Representative 1859–1860. First cousin once removed of Peter Felt, John Felt, and Daniel Felt.[5]
    • David Alvaro Felt (1820–1892), Commissioner of Sullivan County, New Hampshire; New Hampshire State Representative. First cousin once removed of Peter Felt, John Felt, and Daniel Felt.[6]
      • Marcellus H. Felt, New Hampshire State Senator 1903–1904. Grandnephew of John Felt.[7]
        • Jesse F. Libby, New Hampshire State Representative 1903 1905. Great-grandnephew of Peter Felt.[8]
        • Andrew J. Felt, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1868 1872, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas 1889–1893. Third cousin thrice removed of Peter Felt, John Felt, and Daniel Felt.[9]
          • William Howard Thompson (1871–1928), Attorney of Allen County, Kansas; District Court Judge in Kansas 1906–1913; U.S. Senator from Kansas 1913–1919; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kansas 1922. Son-in-law of Andrew J. Felt.[10]
  • Eugene K. Felt (1838–1915), Wisconsin State Assemblyman and delegate to 1888 Kansas State Republican Convention

Other members of the Felt family include the following:

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