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Henry A. du Pont

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questions were raised whether Watson was actually the governor or merely "exercising the office of governor." While the Republican-controlled committee found in du Pont's favor, the Senate as a whole opposed seating him on a party-line vote, with Populists and a Silver Party member joining Democrats, citing a state legislature's right to determine its own membership. Du Pont submitted another petition in January 1897, but did not present new evidence, leading to the committee rejecting his petition.
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on April 8, was entitled to cast a vote in the legislature's joint session on May 9. Without Watson's vote, du Pont would have been election by a vote of 15 to 14, but with his vote, the legislature was deadlocked. The Delaware Constitution prohibits the governor from sitting in the legislature, but
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He was again elected to the U.S. Senate in 1911. During this term, he served with the Republican majority in the 62nd Congress, but was in the minority in the 63rd, and 64th U.S. Congress. In the 62nd Congress he was again Chair of the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, in the 63rd
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Du Pont was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant of engineers upon his graduation from West Point on May 6, 1861. Soon after he was promoted to 1st lieutenant in the 5th Regiment, U.S. Artillery, with date of rank of May 14, 1861. He served as a light artillery officer in the Union Army during the war,
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Du Pont was elected to the U.S. Senate on June 13, 1906, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1905. During this term, he served with the Republican majority in the 59th, 60th, and 61st U.S. Congress. In the 61st Congress, he was chairman of the
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initially assigned to the defenses of Washington and New York Harbor. From July 6, 1861, to March 24, 1864, he served as regimental adjutant (administrative officer) until he was promoted to captain. He subsequently became chief of artillery in the
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By his distinguished gallantry, and voluntary exposure to the enemy's fire at a critical moment, when the Union line had been broken, encouraged his men to stand to their guns, checked the advance of the enemy, and brought off most of his
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Rank and organization: Captain, 5th U.S. Artillery. Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864. Entered service at: Wilmington, Del. Birth: Eleutherian Mills, Del. Date of issue: April 2, 1898.
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Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The General Assembly chose the U.S. Senators, who took office March 4 for a six-year term. After 1913 they were popularly elected.
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Congress he was a member of the Committee on Military Affairs, and in the 64th Congress he was a member of the Committee on Transportation and Sale of Meat Products.
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In 1895, du Pont ran for U.S. Senate, and claimed to have been elected. In December 1895, du Pont's supporters filed a petition on his behalf with the
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After the war, du Pont continued as a career officer until resigning on March 1, 1875. In the postwar years, he became a companion of the
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In the first popular election of a U.S. Senator in Delaware, du Pont lost his bid for a third full term in 1916 to Democrat
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In 1875 du Pont returned full-time to Delaware. Within a few years, he became president and general manager of the
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Henry A. du Pont died at his home, Winterthur, and is buried in the Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery at
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At the age of 36, du Pont married Mary Pauline Foster in 1874. They had two children,
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Johnson, William G. (April 1969). "The Senatorial Career of Henry Algernon du Pont".
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The Campaign of 1864 in the Valley of Virginia and the Expedition to Lynchburg
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In 1919 du Pont was elected as an honorary member of the Delaware
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After retiring from the army in 1875, he was president of the
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Committee on Expenditures in the Military Affairs Department
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in Philadelphia and graduated first in his class from the
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Company for 20 years, until 1899. An active member of the
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The Election Case of Henry A. Du Pont of Delaware (1897)
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who had ascended to the governorship upon the death of
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
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Republican Party United States senators from Delaware
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United States Senator
Delaware
L. Heisler Ball
Josiah O. Wolcott
Greenville, Delaware
Republican
Henry Francis du Pont
Louise Evelina du Pont Crowninshield
Greenville, Delaware
Alma mater
University of Pennsylvania
United States Military Academy
Medal of Honor
United States
Union
United States Army

Brevet
lieutenant colonel
5th Regiment, U.S. Artillery
American Civil War
military officer
politician
Delaware
du Pont family
West Point
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Medal of Honor

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