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Du Pont, H. A. (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926

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Personal name headingDu Pont, H. A. (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926
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Variant(s)Pont, H. A. du (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926
Du Pont, Henry Algernon, 1838-1926
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedWinterthur (Del.)
Birth date1838-07-30
Death date1926-12-31
Place of birthChristiana Hundred (Del.)
Place of deathWinterthur (Del.)
Field of activityExplosives industry Railroads Politics, Practical United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
AffiliationE.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupationExecutives Industrialists Armies--Officers Legislators
Found inHis Reply on behalf of Henry A. Du Pont ... 1896.
MoSU-L/NLT files (hdg.: Du Pont, Henry Algernon, 1838-1926; usage: H.A. Du Pont)
Henry Algernon du Pont papers, 1843-1926: (Henry Algernon du Pont, H. A. du Pont; b. July 30, 1838 at Eleutherian Mills in Christiana Hundred near Wilmington, Del.; d. Dec. 31, 1926 at Winterthur, Del.; officer in 5th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1864-1874; partner in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1878-99; v.p., 1899-1902; pres., Wilmington and Northern Railroad Co., 1879-1926; U.S. senator, 1906-17; built Winterthur estate, later turned into a musuem and gardens by his son, Henry Francis du Pont)
Associated languageeng