William Collins Whitney information

William Collins Whitney (July 5, 1841 – February 2, 1904) was an American political leader and financier and a prominent descendant of the John Whitney...

railroad. Upon taking office as U.S. Secretary of the Navy in 1885, William Collins Whitney oversaw the American fleet's widespread adoption of steel ships...

where the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic was established. William Payne Whitney was born on March 20, 1876, to William Collins Whitney (1841–1904) and...

William Whitney may refer to: William Channing Whitney (1851–1945), American architect William Collins Whitney (1841–1904), American politician, financier...

prominent Whitney family. Whitney was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Flora (née Payne) and William Collins Whitney, the United States Secretary...

wealthy sportsman Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930). A banker and investor, Whitney was the son of politician William Collins Whitney and Flora Payne, the daughter...

prominent Whitney family. Whitney was born in New York City on April 29, 1872, as the eldest son of Flora Payne and William C. Whitney (1841–1904), a very wealthy...

of Henry Melville Whitney and William Collins Whitney, founders of the Whitney family business interests. Whitney was born on May 19, 1811, in the part...

and married into the Whitney family. She was the daughter of Henry B. Payne, a U.S. Senator, and the wife of William Collins Whitney, the U.S. Secretary...

Flora Payne Whitney, also known as Flora Whitney Miller (July 27, 1897 – July 18, 1986), was an American artist and socialite, art collector, and patron...

was applied to the "coming-out party" given her by her uncle, William Collins Whitney, at his home at 871 Fifth Avenue, New York City, on 5 January 1901...

USS Whitney (AD-4) was a Dobbin-class destroyer tender named for United States Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney. She was launched on 12 October...

officer. Her maternal grandfather was political leader and financier William Collins Whitney. In 1918, when Straight was four years old, her father died in...

Cabinet member's wife William Crowninshield Endicott – Secretary of War Ellen Endicott – Cabinet member's wife William Collins Whitney – Secretary of the...

Cleveland administration, spearheaded by Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney, moved towards modernization, although no ships were constructed...

to work at a Nevada mine owned by his father. Whitney's paternal grandfather, William Collins Whitney, was a co-founder and director of the Guaranty...

South Carolina. Most of the sprawling property dates to 1897, when William Collins Whitney purchased the property and remodeled it extensively. It now includes...

Collins. Henry's well known younger brother was the financier William Collins Whitney (1841–1904), who served as Secretary of the Navy in the first administration...

built at the beginning of the 20th century by great-grandfather William Collins Whitney. While living there, the couple became instrumental in the creation...

assistant position on Wall Street where he would be tutored by William Collins Whitney.[citation needed] Ryan opened a brokerage firm with two partners...

actress William Weld (born 1945), governor of Massachusetts, 2016 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential Candidate Eli Whitney (1765–1825) William Collins Whitney...

family. She was born in New York City, New York, to William C. Whitney and Flora (née Payne) Whitney. Her father was corporation counsel for New York City...

(1880–1918) and one of the richest heiress Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), daughter of William Collins Whitney and she inherited $15,000,000 from her father....

Treasury: 182  Henry Farnum Dimock (1863), Whitney family attorney, Director of the Yale Corporation William Collins Whitney (1863), US Secretary of the Navy: 183 : 1099 ...

opposition. Murphy and Sheehan were opponents of Cleveland, but William Collins Whitney argued that they should be given the positions for party unity...