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Politicians in Finance in Rhode Island

  Hugh Dudley Auchincloss (1897-1976) — also known as Hugh D. Auchincloss — of Fairfax, Va. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., August 28, 1897. Republican. Lawyer; stockbroker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1940. Died in Washington, D.C., November 20, 1976 (age 79 years, 84 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss and Emma Brewster (Jennings) Auchincloss; married 1942 to Janet Norton (Lee) Bouvier; married 1935 to Nina Gore Vidal (daughter of Thomas Pryor Gore); step-father of Jaqueline Lee Bouvier (who married John Fitzgerald Kennedy); father of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss III; nephew of Oliver Gould Jennings; first cousin of James Coats Auchincloss and Gordon Auchincloss.
  Political family: Kennedy family.
  Epitaph: "Beloved wise and noble man."
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866-1935) — also known as R. Livingston Beeckman — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 15, 1866. Republican. Stockbroker; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1909-11; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1912-14; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912, 1916, 1920 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1924; Governor of Rhode Island, 1915-21; candidate for U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1922. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died, of apparently of a heart attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., January 21, 1935 (age 68 years, 281 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Gilbert Livingston Beeckman and Margaret Atherton (Foster) Beeckman; married, October 8, 1902, to Eleanor Thomas; married 1923 to Edna (Marston) Burke; uncle of Katherine Steward (who married Hallett C. Johnson); descendant *** of Robert Livingston the Elder, Philip Livingston and Robert R. Livingston.
  Political families: Cooke family of Ohio and Pennsylvania; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography
  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).
  Frederick Henry Prince (1859-1953) — also known as Frederick H. Prince — of Wenham, Essex County, Mass.; Newport, Newport County, R.I.; Biarritz, France. Born in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., 1859. Republican. Financier; owned or controlled stockyards, meatpacking plants, and railroads; one of the world's wealthiest men; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Episcopalian. Died in Biarritz, France, February 3, 1953 (age about 93 years). Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Octavius Prince and Helen (Henry) Prince; married 1884 to Abigail Kingsley Norman; grandson of Bernard Henry.
  Political family: Prince-Henry family of Winchester, Massachusetts.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  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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