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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.
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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.
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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.
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