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William Collins Whitney
William Collins Whitney
American politician, financier; United States Secretary of the Navy (1841-1904).
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Statements about
William Collins Whitney
Child
Pauline Payne Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
Payne Whitney
Dorothy Payne Whitney
Place of Burial
Woodlawn Cemetery
Sex or Gender
Male
Place of Death
New York City
Country of Citizenship
United States
Date of Birth
7/5/1841
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1841
Date of Death
2/2/1904
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1904
Member of Political Party
Democratic Party
Instance Of
Human
Place of Birth
Conway
Educated At
Yale University
Harvard Law School
Occupation
Lawyer
Businessperson
Politician
Investor
Art Collector
Father
Given Name
William
Series Ordinal
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1
Collins
Series Ordinal
:
2
Described by Source
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Section
:
Whitney, William Collins
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
The Encyclopedia Americana
Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
New International Encyclopedia
Commons Gallery
William Collins Whitney
Image
Sibling
Henry Melville Whitney
Lily Barney
Family
Whitney Family
Family Name
Whitney
Position Held
United States Secretary of the Navy
(3/7/1885 - 3/4/1889)
Replaced By
:
Benjamin Franklin Tracy
Start Time
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3/7/1885
End Time
:
3/4/1889
Spouse
Flora Payne
Series Ordinal
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1
Mother
Laurinda Collins
Residence
Joye Cottage
Birth Name
William Collins Whitney
Edith May Randolph
Series Ordinal
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2
Oliver Whitney
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New International Encyclopædia/Whitney, William Collins
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Whitney, William Collins
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Whitney, William Collins
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Whitney, William Collins
Susan Whitney Dimock
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Whitney, William Collins
James Scollay Whitney
Replaces
:
William E. Chandler
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