| | Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard (1918-1985) — also known asAlexis I. du Pont Bayard — of Rockland,New CastleCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February11, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,1948(alternate; member,CredentialsCommittee),1952(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1960,1968;LieutenantGovernor of Delaware, 1949-53; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Delaware,1972.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;American Academy of Political and SocialScience;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Jaycees.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,September3, 1985 (age67 years, 204days).Interment atOldSwedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. | | Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) — also known asT. Coleman du Pont — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December11, 1863.Republican.Engineer;president, E.I. Du Pont de NemoursPowderCo., 1902-15; president, CentralCoal andIron Co.,and other mining firms; director, Union NationalBank;owner ofhotels;DelawareRepublican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Delaware,1908(alternate),1920(speaker),1924,1928;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1916;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921;defeated, 1922; resigned 1928.Member,American Academy of Political and Social Science;UnionLeague.Died, fromcancerof the larynx, in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November11, 1930 (age66 years, 335days).Cremated;ashes interred atDuPont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. | | Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) — also known asRuby R. Vale — of Milford,SussexCounty, Del.Born in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,October19, 1874.Republican.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1912(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1916,1948(alternate).Methodist.FrenchHuguenot ancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;American Academy of Political and SocialScience;AmericanHistorical Association;PhiKappa Psi;ThetaNu Epsilon;Freemasons;UnionLeague.DiedJanuary2, 1961 (age86 years, 75days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Warner (b. 1877) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,April22, 1877.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1916(alternate),1928(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee);DelawareRepublican state chair, 1920-22.Unitarian.Member,American Academy of Political and Social Science.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Alfred D. Warner and Emalea (Pusey) Warner; married,January4, 1900, to Ethel Eden Bach. |
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