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Politician members in Delaware

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;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;AmericanHistorical Association;PhiKappa Psi;ThetaNu Epsilon;Freemasons;Union League.DiedJanuary2, 1961 (age86 years, 75days).Burial location unknown.

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,AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;Union League.Died, fromcancerof the larynx, in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November11, 1930 (age66 years, 335days).Cremated;ashes interred atDuPont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.   Relatives: Sonof Antoine Bidermann du Pont and Ellen Susan (Coleman) du Pont;married,January17, 1889, to Alice Elsie du Pont; father of Alice Hounsfield duPont (who marriedClaytonDouglass Buck) andFrancisVictor du Pont; grandfather ofEleuthereIrenee du Pont; grandnephew ofHenryDuPont; first cousin ofAlfredIrénée du Pont andPierreSamuel du Pont; first cousin once removed ofHenryAlgernon du Pont,HenryBelin du Pont Jr.,Lammotdu Pont Copeland andReynoldsdu Pont; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesIrénée du Pont andPierreSamuel du Pont IV; second cousin ofFrancisIrenee du Pont,EdwardGreen Bradford Jr.,ElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard andEugeneLammot; second cousin once removed ofThomasFrancis Bayard III andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin twice removed ofRichardHenry Bayard.   Political family:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
	Preston Lea (1841-1916) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November12, 1841.Republican. President, William Lea and Sonsmilling;president, Union NationalBank,vice-president, Farmers MutualInsuranceCompany; director, Philadelphia, Baltimore and WashingtonRailroad;Governorof Delaware, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Delaware,1908.Quaker. Member,Union League.Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,December4, 1916 (age75 years, 22days).Interment atWilmingtonand Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.   Relatives: Sonof William Lea and Jane Scott (Lovett) Lea; married,October27, 1870, to Adalaide Moore; married,April29, 1897, toElizaNaudain Corbit; father of Claudia Wright Lea (who marriedSheffieldPhelps); second cousin once removed ofCharlesCorbit andWilliamWebb Jr.; third cousin once removed ofJosephRodman West; third cousin twice removed ofElsieCryder Woodward.   Political families:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut;Leafamily of Wilmington, Delaware;Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffieldfamily of Connecticut and Ohio;VanBuren-Phelpsfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).   See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography   Image source: Library ofCongress

	Relatives: Sonof Joseph Griffith Vale and Sarah Ruby (Eyster) Vale; married,January21, 1901, to Maria Elizabeth Williams (granddaughter ofPeterFoster Causey).
		Political family:Polkfamily of Delaware (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).

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