LC control no. | n 86011623 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Dryden, John F. (John Fairfield), 1839-1911 |
Variant(s) | Dryden, John Fairfield, 1839-1911 |
Birth date | 1839-08-07 |
Death date | 1911-11-24 |
Place of birth | Temple (Me.) |
Place of death | Newark (N.J.) |
Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
Profession or occupation | Capitalists and financiers Legislators |
Found in | NUCMC data from N.J. Hist. Soc. for Murphy, F. Papers, 1863-1921 (John F. Dryden) WWWA, 1897-1942 (Dryden, John Fairfield, senator, b. on farm nr. Farmington, Me., 1839; s. John and Elizabeth B. (Reynolds) D.; m. Cynthia Fairchild, 1864; est. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 1875; U.S. senator, 1902-1907; home: Bernardsville, N.J.; d. 1911) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: John Fairfield Dryden, 1839-1911; usage: John F. Dryden) Biographical directory of the United States website, viewed March 28, 2022 (Dryden, John Fairfield, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Temple, Franklin County, Maine, August 7, 1839; moved to Massachusetts in 1846 with his parents, who settled in Worcester; attended Yale College; founded the Prudential Insurance Co. of America in Newark, N.J., in 1875, becoming its first secretary and in 1881 its president, and served in the latter position until 1911; one of the founders of the Fidelity Trust Co.; involved in the establishment and management of various street railways, banks, and other financial enterprises in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William J. Sewell and served from January 29, 1902, to March 3, 1907; was a candidate for reelection, but withdrew because of a deadlock in the legislature; chairman, Committee on Relations with Canada (Fifty-seventh Congress), Committee on Enrolled Bills (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses); resumed his former business pursuits; died in Newark, N.J., November 24, 1911; interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery) |
Associated language | eng |