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Politicians in Finance in Virginia

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   Francis Shepard Cornell (1899-1985) — also known as F. Shepard Cornell — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Charlottesville, Va. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., July 13, 1899. Republican. Stockbroker; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1940; general manager, Kankakee Works of the A.O. Smith Corporation, manufacturers of water heaters. Episcopalian. Member, Psi Upsilon; Rotary. Died in September, 1985 (age 86 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Birdsall Cornell and Eleanor (Jackson) Cornell; married, February 28, 1923, to Helen Leigh Best; married, May 18, 1933, to Nathalie Lee Laimbeer; married, July 27, 1943, to Lucille Fraser.   Thomas Lee Perkins (b. 1905) — also known as Thomas L. Perkins — of Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Newport News, Va., November 9, 1905. Republican. Stockbroker; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; director, Pennsylvania Railroad, American Cyanamid Co., Duke Power Co., and others. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William R. Perkins and Mary (Bell) Perkins.   Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) — also known as Thomas F. Ryan — of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson County, Va. Born in Lovingston, Nelson County, Va., October 17, 1851. Democrat. Financier; organizer and consolidator of streetcar companies in New York City; owned controlling interest in Equitable Life Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco Company; engaged in mining development in Africa; one of the richest men in America at the time; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1904, 1912. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 23, 1928 (age 77 years, 37 days). Entombed at Oak Ridge Estate Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Va.   Relatives: Son of George A. Ryan and Lucinda (Fortune) Ryan; married, November 25, 1873, to Ida Mary Barry; married, October 29, 1917, to Mary Townsend (Nicoll) Cuyler (sister of DeLancey Nicoll; aunt of Courtlandt Nicoll); grandfather of Allan Aloysius Ryan Jr. and Clendenin James Ryan.   Political family: Ryan-Nicoll family of New York City, New York.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Edward L. Schrock (b. 1941) — of Virginia Beach, Va. Born in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, April 6, 1941. Republican. Stockbroker; member of Virginia state senate, 1995-2001; U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 2001-. Protestant. Still living as of 2014.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier

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