PoliticalGraveyard.com

Engineer Politicians in Delaware

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   Clayton Douglass Buck (1890-1965) — also known as C. Douglass Buck — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del.; New Castle, New Castle County, Del. Born near New Castle, New Castle County, Del., March 21, 1890. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer; Governor of Delaware, 1929-37; member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1936, 1940 (Honorary Vice-President; speaker), 1944, 1948; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1943-49; defeated, 1948. Episcopalian. Died near New Castle, New Castle County, Del., January 27, 1965 (age 74 years, 312 days). Interment at Immanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del.   Relatives: Son of Francis Nixon Buck and Margaret (Douglass) Buck; married to Alice Hounsfield (du Pont) Wilson (daughter of Thomas Coleman du Pont; sister of Francis Victor du Pont); great-grandnephew of John Middleton Clayton; second great-grandnephew of Joshua Clayton; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas Clayton.   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 — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Francis Victor du Pont (1894-1962) — also known as Francis V. du Pont; Frank V. du Pont — of Greenville, New Castle County, Del.; Cambridge, Dorchester County, Md. Born in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., May 28, 1894. Republican. Engineer; member, Delaware State Highway Commission, 1922-49; president, Equitable Trust Company of Wilmington; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1944, 1948; member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1952; Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, 1953-56. Died, from lung cancer, in University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., May 16, 1962 (age 67 years, 353 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Alice (du Pont) du Pont and Thomas Coleman du Pont; brother of Alice Hounsfield du Pont (who married Clayton Douglass Buck); married, June 16, 1917, to Katherine Clark; married 1932 to Janet M. Gram; father of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; great-grandson of Charles Irénée du Pont; great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; second great-grandson of Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826); third great-grandson of Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789); first cousin once removed of Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; second cousin of Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; second cousin once removed of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard, Eugene Lammot and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; 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 (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   Edward E. Kaufman (1939-2010) — also known as Ted Kaufman — Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 15, 1939. Democrat. Engineer; administrative assistant and chief of staff for U.S. Senator Joe Biden, 1976-95; college professor; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 2009-10; appointed 2009. Irish, Jewish, and Russian ancestry. Died in 2010 (age about 71 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Manuel Kaufman and Helen (Carroll) Kaufman.   See also congressional biography — Wikipedia article   John George Stewart (1890-1970) — also known as J. George Stewart — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., June 2, 1890. Republican. Civil engineer; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1935-37; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1936 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee). Died in Washington, D.C., May 24, 1970 (age 79 years, 356 days). Interment at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Owls Nest, Del.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.
	The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.
	The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.
	Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.
	The official URL for this page is: https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/engineer.html.
	Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.
	If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.
Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2023 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDL. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 8, 2023.