Johnson, William G. (April 1969). Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Date of issue: April 2, 1898. Senator in Delaware, du Pont lost his bid for a third full term in 1916 to Democrat Josiah O. Wolcott, the Delaware Attorney General. Entered service at: Wilmington, Del. Birth: Eleutherean Mills, Del. Since 1951, when his son established it as a museum, the estate has been operated as the Du Pont was elected to the U.S. Senate on June 13, 1906, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1905. Henry eventually became the senior partner and was considered the head of the extended du Pont family. In the first popular election of a U.S. After retiring from the Army in 1875, he was president of the Du Pont was born July 30, 1838 at Eleutherian Mills, near Greenville, Delaware, son of Henry and Louisa Gerhard du Pont and grandson of He attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and graduated first in his class from the Du Pont was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Engineers upon his graduation from West Point on 6 May 1861. Within a few years, he became president and general manager of the Wilmington & Northern Railroad Company, serving from 1879 until 1899. In all, he served most of two terms from June 13, 1906 to March 4, 1917, during the administrations of U.S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson. A member of the illustrious du Pont family, he graduated from West Point shortly after the beginning of the American Civil War and served in the Union Army, earning the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Cedar Creek in October 1864. 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. Henry du Pont, born in 1812, was the next-to-youngest child of Eleuthère Irènée and Sophie Madeleine. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. He served as a light artillery officer in the Union Army during the war, initially assigned to the defenses of Washington and New York Harbor. "The Senatorial Career of Henry Algernon du Pont". Soon after he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in the 5th Regiment, U.S. View the profiles of people named Henry Du Pont. In all, he served most of two terms from June 13, 1906 to March 4, 1917, during the administrations of U.S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson. Henry Algeron du Pont was a soldier, businessman and politician from New Castle County, Delaware, and a member of the famous Delaware du Pont family. 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. Du Pont was born July 30, 1838 at Eleutherian Mills, near Greenville, Delaware, son of Henry and Louisa Gerhard du Pont and grandson of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. 234–51. Date of issue: April 2, 1898. He married Mary Pauline Foster in 1874 and had two children, Henry Francis du Pont … After 1913 they were popularly elected. During that time, and for the remainder of his life he operated an experimental farm on his estate now known as the Winterthur Museum near Greenville, Delaware. During this term, he served with the Republican majority in the 59th, 60th, and 61st U.S. Congress. Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American soldier, businessman, and politician from Delaware. Birth: Eleutherean Mills, Del.