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Sons of the American Revolution
Politician members in Delaware

Henry Johnson Ridgely (1913-1990) — also known asHenry J. Ridgely — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.Born in Camden,KentCounty, Del.,November17, 1913.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Delaware,1952(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1956(alternate).Member,SigmaNu;AmericanJudicature Society;American BarAssociation;Sons of the American Revolution;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;OddFellows;Grange;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died, fromkidneyfailure, in Kent GeneralHospital,Dover,KentCounty, Del.,September10, 1990 (age76 years, 297days).Interment atOdd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.

Jesse Sherwood Cooper Jr. (1899-1971) — also known asJesse S. Cooper, Jr. — of Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Dover,KentCounty, Del.Born in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,March13, 1899.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromDelaware,1928;Delawarestate treasurer, 1945-46; defeated, 1946.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Sons of the American Revolution.In 1950, he quietly helped Sen.JohnJ. Williams to expose corruption in the U.S. Internal RevenueService, but his role was not disclosed until after his death.Died in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,1971(ageabout72 years).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.

	Relatives: Sonof Jesse Sherwood Cooper and Juliette Gardner (Minard) Cooper;married,April19, 1937, to Elizabeth Roberts.
		The Jesse S. CooperBuilding(Delaware Health and Social Services division), inDover,Delaware, isnamed forhim.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives: SonofCharlesdu Pont Ridgely and Helene Marjorie (Rudolph) Ridgely; grandsonofDanielM. Ridgely; second great-grandson ofHenryMoore Ridgely; second great-grandnephew ofNicholasGreenberry Ridgely.
		Political families:Ridgelyfamily of Dover, Delaware;DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).

Willard Saulsbury Jr. (1861-1927) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Georgetown,SussexCounty, Del.,April17, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;DelawareDemocratic state chair, 1900-06; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Delaware,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee; member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1908,1912;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Delaware, 1908-20;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1913-19; defeated, 1918.Episcopalian.Member,Sons of the American Revolution.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February20, 1927 (age65 years, 309days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, Dover, Del.

	Relatives: SonofWillardSaulsbury Sr.; nephew ofGoveSaulsbury andEliMay Saulsbury.
		Political family:Saulsburyfamily of Dover, Delaware.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article

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