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Gov. William Henry Vanderbilt. Terms January 3, 1939 - January 7, 1941. Party Republican. Born November 24, 1901. Passed April 24, 1981. Birth State New York. School Princeton University. Family Married three times--Emily O’Neil Davies, one child; Anne Gordon Colby, three children; Helen Cummings Cook.
William Henry Vanderbilt. railroad developer, financier. Born: 5/8/1821. Birthplace: New Brunswick, N.J. Being the son of Cornelius Vanderbelt did little to secure William a job in the family empire. His father regarded him as incompetent, and changed his opinion only when William had turned around the Staten Island Railroad (1857–63), which ...
William Henry "Billy" Vanderbilt was an American businessman and philanthropist.
The eldest of Alice and Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s four sons, William Henry (1870–1892) and Cornelius (1873–1942), are the subjects of one of three low-relief portraits of Vanderbilt family members modeled by Saint-Gaudens for the couple’s palatial New York residence. At ages eleven and eight, the boys appear poised to assume the dynastic mantle, as implied by the end panels depicting ...
13. Feb. 2023 · The son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, William Henry Vanderbilt was a railroad magnate who doubled his family’s fortune. Synopsis Born on May 8, 1821, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, William Henry Vanderbilt was the main heir to his father, Corneilius Vanderbilt’s vast estate. A railroad magnate himself, William Vanderbilt doubled the family ...
William Henry Vanderbilt, I (1821-1885) Margaret Vanderbilt [Mrs. Elliott Fitch] Shepard (1845-1925) Emily Vanderbilt [Mrs. William Douglas] Sloane (1852-1946) John Butler Snook, Architect 1879
Biografia. William Henry fu membro di una delle più influenti famiglie del tempo, i Vanderbilt. Era il figlio di Cornelius Vanderbilt, il patriarca detto 'il Commodoro', e di sua moglie, Sophia Johnson. Rimproverato e criticato dal padre, il quale lo chiamava "testa di legno", William Henry voleva dimostrare al padre come non lo fosse.
