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Joseph Bancroft (b. 1875) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Rockford (now part of Wilmington), New Castle
County, Del., May 18,
1875.
Son of Samuel Bancroft, Jr. and Mary Askew (Richardson) Bancroft.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer; executive, Joseph Bancroft & Sons chemical
manufacturing firm; director of railroads
and insurance
companies; candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1924.
Quaker.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Theta
Xi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clayton Douglass Buck (1890-1965) —
also known as C. Douglass Buck —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., March 21,
1890.
Son of Francis N. Buck and Margaret (Douglass) Buck.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
engineer; Governor of
Delaware, 1929-37; member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1932; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1943-49; defeated, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Died near New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., January
27, 1965 (age 74 years, 312
days).
Interment at Immanuel
Churchyard, New Castle, Del.
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Reynolds du Pont (1918-1980) —
of Greenville, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March 15,
1918.
Son of Natalie Driver (Wilson) du Pont (1877-1918) and Lammot du Pont
(1880-1952).
Republican. Engineer; chemical
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Delaware, 1964.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., 1980
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) —
also known as T. Coleman du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
11, 1863.
Son of Antoine Bidermann du Pont (1837-1923) and Ellen Susan
(Coleman) du Pont.
Republican. Engineer; president, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder
Co., 1902-15; president, Central Coal and Iron Co., and
other mining firms; director, Union National Bank; owner
of hotels;
Delaware
Republican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1916;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921;
defeated, 1922; resigned 1928.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, from cancer
of the larynx, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
11, 1930 (age 66 years, 335
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at du
Pont Cemetery, Christiana, Del.
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Edward E. Kaufman (1939-2010) —
also known as Ted Kaufman —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 15,
1939.
Son of Manuel Kaufman and Helen (Carroll) Kaufman.
Democrat. Engineer; administrative assistant and chief of
staff for U.S. Senator Joe
Biden, 1976-95; college
professor; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 2009-10; appointed 2009.
Irish,
Jewish,
and Russian
ancestry.
Died in 2010
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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