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Saulsbury, Willard, 1861-1927

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Personal name headingSaulsbury, Willard, 1861-1927
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See alsoFamily: Saulsbury (Family : Dover, Del.)
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedWilmington (Del.) Washington (D.C.)
Birth date1861-04-17
Death date1927-02-20
Place of birthGeorgetown (Del.)
Place of deathWilmington (Del.)
Field of activityLaw Legislation
politics
legislature
government
AffiliationDemocratic Party (U.S.)
United States. Congress. Senate
University of Virginia
Profession or occupationLegislators Lawyers Politicians
Found inMay du Pont Saulsbury journals, 1919: (Willard Saulsbury; husband)
Genealogy of the du Pont family, 1974: (Willard Saulsbury, Jr.; b. April 17, 1861; d. Feb. 20, 1927; m. May Lammot du Pont,, Dec. 5, 1893)
National cyclopedia of American biography, v. 15: p. 105 (Saulsbury, Willard; b. April 17, 1861 at Georgetown, Del.; lawyer; partner with Victor du Pont, 1882-88; U.S. senator from Del., 1913-19)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, October 13, 2016 (Willard Saulsbury, Jr., 1861-1927; Senate years of service: 1913-1919; Democrat; son of Willard Saulsbury Sr, and nephew of Eli Saulsbury; attended University of Virginia; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1882 and practiced in Wilmington, Del.; president of the New Castle Bar Association; member of the Democratic National Committee 1908-1920; elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1913 and served until 1919; engaged in the parctice of law in Wilmington, Delaware and Washington, D.C. until death in Wilmington, Delaware, February 20, 1927)