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Chemical Industry Politicians in Delaware

  Walter Wolfkiel Bacon (1880-1962) — also known as Walter W. Bacon — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., January 20, 1880. Republican. Department head, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. chemical firm, 1903-18; treasurer, Buick Motor Company, 1918-30; mayor of Wilmington, Del., 1935-40; Governor of Delaware, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1944, 1948. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., March 18, 1962 (age 82 years, 57 days). Interment at Old Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard, Odessa, Del.
  Relatives: Son of John G. Bacon and Margaret (Foster) Bacon; married, November 28, 1906, to Mabel H. McDaniel.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Bancroft (1875-1936) — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Rockford (now part of Wilmington), New Castle County, Del., May 18, 1875. Democrat. Chemical engineer; executive, Joseph Bancroft & Sons chemical manufacturing firm; director of railroads and insurance companies; candidate for Governor of Delaware, 1924. Quaker. Member, American Chemical Society; Theta Xi; Freemasons; Elks. Injured in a fall down stairs, and died a few days later, from pneumonia, in the Homeopathic Hospital, Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., May 6, 1936 (age 60 years, 354 days). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Bancroft, Jr. and Mary Askew (Richardson) Bancroft; married, October 29, 1902, to Elizabeth Ann Howard.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert J. Berndt (born c.1918) — of New Castle County, Del. Born about 1918. Republican. Chemist; member of Delaware state senate 4th District, 1973-88. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Lammot Copeland Lammot du Pont Copeland (1905-1983) — also known as Lammot Copeland — of Greenville, New Castle County, Del. Born in Christiana, New Castle County, Del., May 19, 1905. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1952 (alternate), 1956 (member, Credentials Committee); president of the DuPont chemical company, 1962-71. Died, following a heart attack, in Mount Cuba, New Castle County, Del., July 1, 1983 (age 78 years, 43 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Copeland and Louisa d'Andelot (du Pont) Copeland; married, February 1, 1930, to Pamela Cunningham; nephew of Pierre Samuel du Pont and William Kemble du Pont (who married Ethel Fleet Hallock); great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Henry Belin du Pont Jr. and Reynolds du Pont; first cousin once removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Francis Victor du Pont; second cousin once removed of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard, Eugene Lammot and Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; third cousin of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; third cousin once removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political family: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Time Magazine, November 27, 1964
  Alfred Irénée du Pont (1864-1935) — also known as Alfred I. du Pont — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., May 12, 1864. Republican. Vice-president of the DuPont Powder Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1916. Member, Sigma Chi. Died in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., April 28, 1935 (age 70 years, 351 days). Entombed at Nemours Estate Carillon, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont II and Charlotte Shepard (Henderson) du Pont; married 1887 to Bessie Gardner; married 1907 to Mary Alicia Hayward Bradford; married, January 22, 1921, to Jessie Dew Ball; grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Thomas Coleman du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont, Francis Victor du Pont, Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont, Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; second cousin of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Eugene Lammot; second cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin twice removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry DuPont (1812-1889) — Born in New Castle County, Del., August 8, 1812. Republican. Adjutant General of Delaware, 1846-61; head of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours gunpowder manufacturing firm; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware. French ancestry. Died in New Castle County, Del., August 8, 1889 (age 77 years, 0 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Eleuthere Irenee DuPont and Sophia Madeline (Dalmas) DuPont; married to Louisa Gebhard; father of Henry Algernon du Pont; granduncle of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont, Pierre Samuel du Pont, Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard; great-granduncle of Francis Victor du Pont, Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland, Thomas Francis Bayard III, Reynolds du Pont and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second great-granduncle of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, Pierre Samuel du Pont IV and Richard Henry Bayard; first cousin of Charles Irénée du Pont.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Belin du Pont Jr. (1898-1970) — also known as Henry B. du Pont — of Greenville, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., July 23, 1898. Republican. Vice-president, director, DuPont chemical company; director, North American Aviation Corp. and General Motors; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1936 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., April 13, 1970 (age 71 years, 264 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Belin du Pont and Eluthera (Bradford) du Pont; married, October 24, 1928, to Margaret Wilson Lewis; married, February 24, 1949, to Emily Tybout (du Pont) Smith; nephew of Pierre Samuel du Pont, William Kemble du Pont (who married Ethel Fleet Hallock) and Edward Green Bradford Jr.; grandson of Edward Green Bradford II; great-grandson of Edward Green Bradford; great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; first cousin once removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont, Francis Irenee du Pont, Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Francis Victor du Pont, Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin once removed of Eugene Lammot, Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and Richard Henry Bayard; second cousin five times removed of Timothy Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Bailey Frye Adams; eighth great-grandson of George Wyllys and John Haynes.
  Political family: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) — also known as Pierre S. du Pont — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., January 15, 1870. President (1915-19) and director of the Du Pont chemical company; chairman (1915-29) and president (1920-23) of General Motors; director, Pennsylvania Railroad; member of Delaware state board of education, 1919-21; delegate to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delaware Liquor Commissioner, 1933-38. Member, American Philosophical Society; Phi Kappa Sigma. Died in 1954 (age about 84 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lammot du Pont and Mary (Belin) du Pont; brother of William Kemble du Pont (who married Ethel Fleet Hallock); married, October 6, 1915, to Alice Belin (sister of Ferdinand Lammot Belin); uncle of Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; grandnephew of Henry DuPont; granduncle of Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; first cousin of Thomas Coleman du Pont and Alfred Irénée du Pont; first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont and Francis Victor du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont and Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; second cousin of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Eugene Lammot; second cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin twice removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Reynolds du Pont (1918-1980) — of Greenville, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., March 15, 1918. Republican. Engineer; chemical manufacturer; member of Delaware state senate, 1959-74 (New Castle County 3rd District 1959-64, 7th District 1965-68, 6th District 1969-72, 7th District 1973-74); delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1964. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., February 19, 1980 (age 61 years, 341 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Natalie Driver (Wilson) du Pont and Lammot du Pont; married, June 29, 1942, to Katharine Lewars; nephew of Pierre Samuel du Pont and William Kemble du Pont (who married Ethel Fleet Hallock); uncle of Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Henry Belin du Pont Jr. and Lammot du Pont Copeland; first cousin once removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont and Alfred Irénée du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Francis Victor du Pont; second cousin once removed of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard, Eugene Lammot and Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; third cousin of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; third cousin once removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) — also known as T. Coleman du Pont — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., December 11, 1863. Republican. Engineer; president, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co., 1902-15; president, Central Coal and Iron Co., and other mining firms; director, Union National Bank; owner of hotels; Delaware Republican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1908 (alternate), 1920 (speaker), 1924, 1928; member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate for Republican 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; Union League. Died, from cancer of the larynx, in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., November 11, 1930 (age 66 years, 335 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Antoine Bidermann du Pont and Ellen Susan (Coleman) du Pont; married, January 17, 1889, to Alice Elsie du Pont; father of Alice Hounsfield du Pont (who married Clayton Douglass Buck) and Francis Victor du Pont; grandfather of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont, Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; second cousin of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Eugene Lammot; second cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin twice removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Russell Wilber Peterson (1916-2011) — also known as Russell W. Peterson — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Portage, Columbia County, Wis., October 3, 1916. Republican. Textile researcher for du Pont chemical company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1964 (alternate), 1972 (delegation chair); Governor of Delaware, 1969-73; defeated, 1972. Unitarian. Member, American Chemical Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Phi Eta Sigma. Died February 21, 2011 (age 94 years, 141 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Anton Peterson and Emma (Anthony) Peterson; married, June 30, 1937, to E. Lillian Turner.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Books by Russell W. Peterson: Patriots, Stand Up!: This Land Is Our Land; Fight to Take It Back
John J. Raskob John Jacob Raskob (1879-1950) — also known as John J. Raskob — Born in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., March 19, 1879. Democrat. Executive at General Motors and DuPont; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1928-32. Catholic. German and Irish ancestry. Died in Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Md., October 15, 1950 (age 71 years, 210 days). Interment at Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of John Raskob and Anna Frances (Moran) Raskob; married 1906 to Helena Springer Green.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Library of Congress
  William A. Simonton (1871-1951) — also known as "Cap" — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., September 28, 1871. Republican. Executive at Du Pont chemical company; director of Delaware Maryland Virginia Railroad; member of Delaware state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1923-38. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks. Died, following a heart attack, at Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., October 9, 1951 (age 80 years, 11 days). Interment at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Owls Nest, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Richard Simonton and Lucy (Richardson) Simonton; married, December 10, 1892, to Hettie May Hull.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John C. Thomas (born c.1918) — of New Castle County, Del. Born about 1918. Democrat. Chemist; candidate for Delaware state senate 7th District, 1972. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Dale Edward Wolf (b. 1924) — also known as Dale E. Wolf — of near Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Kearney, Buffalo County, Neb., September 6, 1924. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-president of pharmaceutical business for the E. I. Du Pont chemical company; Delaware Director of Development, 1987-88; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, 1989-92; Governor of Delaware, 1992-93. Member, Freemasons; Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of Harry Wolf and Irene Wolf; married 1945 to Clarice Elaine Marshall.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
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