James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (S&B 1898)
Politician. St. Mark’s School. Yale University. Skull and Bones.
4 Mar 1933 to 3 Jan 1951 - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Archie D. Sanders. Succeeded Harold C. Ostertag
6 Dec 1915 to 13 Dec 1913 - Senate Minority Whip
Leader: Jacob H. Gallinger
Preceded by: Position established. Succeeded by: Charles Curtis
4 Mar 1915 to 4 Mar 1927 - United States Senator from New York
Preceded by Elihu Root (Eucleian society) Succeeded by Robert F. Wagner (Son, Robert F. Wagner Jr, Scroll and Key)
Jan 1906 to 31 Dec 1910 - Speaker of the New York Assembly
Preceded by S. Frederick Nixon. Succeeded by Daniel D. Frisbie
1 Jan 1905 to 31 Dec 1910 - Member of the New York State Assembly from the Livingtson County District.
Preceded by William Robinson. Succeeded by John Winters.
1898 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.
Died 21 Jun 1952 from Not Known. Age 74.
Note:
Married Alice Evelyn Hay, daughter of U.S. Secetary of State, John Hay under President Theodore Roosevelt (Freemason). Through her sister Helen Hay Whitney, she was the aunt of John Hay Whitney (S&K 2916, father Payne Whitney S&B1898)
Son, James Jeremiah Wadsworth (S&B 1927), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Daughter, Evelyn Wadsworth, married Stuart Symington (Elihu. Delta Kappa Epsilon), First Secretary of the Air Force.
Son, Reverdy J. Wadsworth, married Eleanor Katherine Roosevelt, daughter of Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
[3] - FYI - Wiki - James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (S&B 1898)
[4] - Find a Grave - James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (S&B 1898)
[5] - Find a Grave - Father, James Samuel Wadsworth, 1807 to 1864. Age 56.
[6] - Find a Grave - Grandfather, General James Wadsworth, 1768 to 1844. Age 76
[7] - FYI - Wiki - General James Wadsworth, 1768 to 1844. Age 76
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