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Henry Algernon DU PONT #61761
30 JUL 1838 - 31 DEC 1926
Personal Information
- BIRTH: 30 JUL 1838, Greenville, New Castle, Delaware, USA
- DEATH: 31 DEC 1926, Winterhur, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Notes
Henry Algernon du Pont was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the beginning of the American Civil War and served in the U.S. Army, earning the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Cedar Creek in October 1864.
After retiring from the army in 1875, he was president of the Wilmington and Northern Railroad Company for 20 years, until 1899. An active member of the Republican Party, he was elected by the state legislature as a U.S. Senator from Delaware, serving most of two terms (June 13, 1906, to March 4, 1917).
du Pont was also an elected member of the American Philosophical Society.
After retiring from the army in 1875, he was president of the Wilmington and Northern Railroad Company for 20 years, until 1899. An active member of the Republican Party, he was elected by the state legislature as a U.S. Senator from Delaware, serving most of two terms (June 13, 1906, to March 4, 1917).
du Pont was also an elected member of the American Philosophical Society.
Parents
Father: Henry DU PONT #61747
Mother: Louisa GERHARD #61760
Family 1 :
_Pierre Samuel DU PONT-NEMOURS _____________________+
| (1739 - 1817) m 1766
_Éleuthère Irénée DU PONT _|
| (1771 - 1834) m 1791 |
| |_Nicole Charlotte Marie Louise le Dée of RENCOURT _
| (1743 - 1784) m 1766
_Henry DU PONT ______|
| (1812 - 1889) |
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| |_Sophie Madeline DALMAS _______|
| (1775 - 1828) m 1791 |
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|--Henry Algernon DU PONT
| (1838 - 1926)
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|_Louisa GERHARD _____|
(1816 - 1900) |
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