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    William Collins Whitney (July 5, 1841 – February 2, 1904) was an American political leader and financier and a prominent descendant of the John Whitney...
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    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...
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    where the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic was established. William Payne Whitney was born on March 20, 1876, to William Collins Whitney (1841–1904) and...
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    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...
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  • William Whitney may refer to: William Channing Whitney (1851–1945), American architect William Collins Whitney (1841–1904), American politician, financier...
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    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...
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    prominent Whitney family. Whitney was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Flora (née Payne) and William Collins Whitney, the United States Secretary...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Exhibition at Antwerp in 1899, and in 1901 the portrait was bought by William Collins Whitney, who paid $125,000 for it. This was the second-highest price ever...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Fun of McAllister's Roster. | Sarcastic Comments by Mrs. Fish and Mrs. Whitney. | He is Not Society's Arbiter, and Society Accepts No Responsibility for...
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    Cabinet member's wife William Crowninshield Endicott – Secretary of War Ellen Endicott – Cabinet member's wife William Collins Whitney – Secretary of the...
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  • for the Webster's Dictionary William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, and his descendants, the Whitney family Lyman Spitzer Jr., American...
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    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...
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    Cleveland administration, spearheaded by Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney, moved towards modernization, although no ships were constructed...
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    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...
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    officer. Her maternal grandfather was political leader and financier William Collins Whitney. In 1918, when Straight was four years old, her father died in...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Nathan, his son-in-law was Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney of the politically prominent Whitney family. Payne was the maternal grandfather of...
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    Whitney, the son of William Collins Whitney (1841–1904) and Flora Payne (1842–1893). Together, Helen and Payne had a daughter and a son: Joan Whitney...
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    actress William Weld (born 1945), governor of Massachusetts, 2016 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential Candidate Eli Whitney (1765–1825) William Collins Whitney...
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  • built at the beginning of the 20th century by great-grandfather William Collins Whitney. While living there, the couple became instrumental in the creation...
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    opposition. Murphy and Sheehan were opponents of Cleveland, but William Collins Whitney argued that they should be given the positions for party unity...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Virginia Fair Vanderbilt Madam C. J. Walker Arthur Mellen Wellington William Collins Whitney Bert Williams Lottie Williams Ann Woodward Frank Winfield Woolworth...
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  • Whitney Straight and Academy Award-winning actress Beatrice Straight. Straight's maternal grandparents were Flora Payne and William Collins Whitney (1841–1904)...
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    (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....
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