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Politician members in Delaware

Jesse Sherwood Cooper Jr. (1899-1971) — also known as Jesse S. Cooper, Jr. — of Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y.; Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Dover, Kent County, Del., March 13, 1899. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1928; Delaware state treasurer, 1945-46; defeated, 1946. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Sons of the American Revolution. In 1950, he quietly helped Sen. John J. Williams to expose corruption in the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, but his role was not disclosed until after his death. Died in Dover, Kent County, Del., 1971 (age about 72 years). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Jesse Sherwood Cooper and Juliette Gardner (Minard) Cooper; married, April 19, 1937, to Elizabeth Roberts.   The Jesse S. Cooper Building (Delaware Health and Social Services division), in Dover, Delaware, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry Johnson Ridgely (1913-1990) — also known as Henry J. Ridgely — of Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Camden, Kent County, Del., November 17, 1913. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1952 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1956 (alternate). Member, Sigma Nu; American Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Odd Fellows; Grange; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died, from kidney failure, in Kent General Hospital, Dover, Kent County, Del., September 10, 1990 (age 76 years, 297 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.   Relatives: Son of Charles du Pont Ridgely and Helene Marjorie (Rudolph) Ridgely; grandson of Daniel M. Ridgely; second great-grandson of Henry Moore Ridgely; second great-grandnephew of Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely.   Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Ridgely family of Dover, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Willard Saulsbury Jr. (1861-1927) — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Georgetown, Sussex County, Del., April 17, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Delaware Democratic state chair, 1900-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1904 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908, 1912; member of Democratic National 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 Castle County, Del., February 20, 1927 (age 65 years, 309 days). Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.   Relatives: Son of Willard Saulsbury Sr.; nephew of Gove Saulsbury and Eli May Saulsbury.   Political family: Saulsbury family of Dover, Delaware.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article

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