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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—DelawareHenry Algernon du PONT
(1838-1926)
Senate Years of Service:
1906-1917Party: Republicandu PONT, Henry Algernon,
(cousin of Thomas Coleman du Pont), a Senator from Delaware; born
at Eleutherean Mills, New Castle County, Del., July 30, 1838;
attended private schools; attended the University of Pennsylvania
in Philadelphia in 1855; graduated from the United States Military
Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1861; served in the United States
Army until 1875; during the Civil War served in the Union Army,
attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; awarded a Congressional
Medal of Honor for his handling of the retreat at the battle of
Cedar Creek; was president and general manager of the Wilmington
Northern Railroad Co. 1879-1899; retired from active business and
engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected on June 13, 1906, as a
Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the
term beginning March 4, 1905, caused by the failure of the
legislature to elect; reelected in 1911 and served from June 13,
1906, until March 3, 1917; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1916; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the War Department
(Sixty-first and Sixty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Military
Affairs (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Transportation and
Sale of Meat Products (Sixty-third Congress); retired from public
life and engaged in literary pursuits; died at Winterthur, near
Wilmington, Del., December 31, 1926; interment in the du Pont
Cemetery, Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, Del.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Johnson, William G. “The Senatorial Career of
Henry Algernon du Pont.” Delaware History 13 (April
1969): 234-51.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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