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Politicians in Finance in Florida

  James Gillespie Blaine III (1888-1969) — also known as James G. Blaine III — of Providence, Providence County, R.I.; Old Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 10, 1888. Republican. Investment broker; banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912. Died November 3, 1969 (age 81 years, 297 days). Interment somewhere in Stuart, Fla.
  Relatives: Step-son of William F. Bull; son of Mary (Nevins) Blaine and James Gillespie Blaine, Jr.; married 1911 to Marian Dow; grandson of James Gillespie Blaine; great-grandson of Samuel Medary; seventh great-grandson of John Leverett; first cousin five times removed of Joshua Coit; second cousin five times removed of Samuel Huntington and Timothy Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of John Hall Brockway and Robert Coit Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer Huntington; fourth cousin of Edmond Otis Dewey and George Martin Dewey; fourth cousin once removed of William Brainard Coit and Thomas Edmund Dewey; eighth great-grandson of George Wyllys and John Haynes.
  Political family: Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Fred Ernst Busbey (1895-1966) — also known as Fred E. Busbey — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Tuscola, Douglas County, Ill., February 8, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; stockbroker; U.S. Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1943-45, 1947-49, 1951-55; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1954. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Phi Kappa Sigma. Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Fla., February 11, 1966 (age 71 years, 3 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Martha (Welch) Busbey and Charles O. Busbey; married, June 26, 1920, to Julia Mabel Humpf.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William H. Cates — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Realtor; bond dealer; mayor-commissioner of Tallahassee, Florida, 1951-52, 1966-67. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Frank D. McKay Frank D. McKay (1883-1965) — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., November 4, 1883. Republican. Financier; political boss who dominated Republican politics in Michigan for years; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920, 1928, 1932 (alternate), 1936, 1940, 1944; Michigan state treasurer, 1925-30; investigated by a grand jury in 1931 over his handling of state funds while Treasurer; member of Republican National Committee from Michigan, 1940-44; subject of three federal grand jury investigations in 1940 over alleged fraud, extortion and kickbacks; indicted in 1944 for bribery of state legislators; hired a Purple Gang figure to murder the star witness, State Sen. Warren G. Hooper, and the case collapsed; charged in 1945, along with William McKeighan, with conspiracy to violate state liquor laws; tried in 1946; the judge directed a verdict of not guilty. Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., January 12, 1965 (age 81 years, 69 days). Entombed at Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of James D. McKay and Ellen (Zimmerman) McKay; married, May 31, 1906, to Agnes Christine Hermansen.
  Cross-reference: Edward N. Barnard — William Green
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1927
  Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) — of Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., July 2, 1876. Republican. Banker; stockbroker; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director, Long Island Railroad. Episcopalian. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons. Died in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla., November 14, 1958 (age 82 years, 135 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop; married, October 3, 1905, to Alice Woodward Babcock.
  Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) — also known as Owen D. Young — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer County, N.Y., October 27, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; financier; industrialist; chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the founders of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Grange. Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Fla., July 11, 1962 (age 87 years, 257 days). Interment at Van Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Smith Young and Ida (Brandow) Young; married, June 30, 1898, to Josephine Sheldon Edmonds; married, February 21, 1937, to Louise (Powis) Clark; father of Philip Young.
  The Owen D. Young Central School, in Van Hornesville, New York, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Ralph Young (1897-1958) — also known as Robert R. Young; "Railroad Young"; "Populist of Wall Street"; "The Daring Young Man of Wall Street"; "Maverick of Wall Street" — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in Canadian, Hemphill County, Tex., February 14, 1897. Republican. Stockbroker; financier; assistant treasurer of General Motors; predicted the 1929 stock market crash, and profited by selling stocks short; chairman of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, and later the New York Central Railroads; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1944. Presbyterian. Died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., January 25, 1958 (age 60 years, 345 days). Interment at St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of David John Young and Mary Arabella (Moody) Young; married, April 27, 1916, to Anita Ten Eyck O'Keeffe; father of Eleanor Jane 'Cookie' Young.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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