of U.S. Senator and U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom Reverdy Johnson. Together, they were the parents of: James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877–1952), who became a U.S. Senator and married Alice Evelyn Hay, daughter of Secretary of State John Hay. Harriet Travers Wadsworth (1881–1975), who married Fletcher Harper, a polo player and fox hunter who was the grandson of Fletcher Harper, in 1913. Wadsworth died on December 24, 1926, in Washington, D.C. He was buried at the Temple Hill Cemetery in Geneseo, New York. His gravestone reads: "Soldier in the Civil War / Public Servant / Patron of Sport / Farmer all his Days". His widows died in 1931. Descendants His grandson, James Jeremiah Wadsworth (1905–1984), served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations. His granddaughter, Evelyn Wadsworth (1903–1972), married William Stuart Symington, Jr. (1901–1988), the first Secretary of the Air Force and a Democratic U.S. Senator from Missouri, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960. His great-grandson, James Wadsworth Symington (b. 1927) served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri as a Democrat and his great-great grandson, William Stuart Symington IV (b. 1952), is currently serving as the United States Ambassador to Nigeria and was the former U.S. Special Representative for the Central African Republic. Legacy and honors He received an honorary A.M. degree from Yale University in 1898. The Wadsworth Hospital, Theatre and Chapel at the Sawtelle Veterans Home in Los Angeles, California, are named in his honor. References External links Mahood, Wayne. General Wadsworth: The Life and Times of Brevet Major General James S. Wadsworth. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2003. . The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Wadham to Wagman at politicalgraveyard.com Political Graveyard History of US Congress (47th Congress) 1846 births 1926 deaths Wadsworth family New York State Comptrollers Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Politicians from Philadelphia Union Army officers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)