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William Collins Whitney
William Collins Whitney was an American political leader and financier and a prominent descendant of the John Whitney family. He served as Secretary of the Navy in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland from 1885 through 1889. A conservative reformer, he was considered a Bourbon Democrat.
BornJuly 5, 1841, Conway, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedFebruary 2, 1904, New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children5, including Harry, Pauline, William, Dorothy
RelativesJames Scollay Whitney
EducationWilliston Seminary, Yale University, Harvard University
PresidentGrover Cleveland
Preceded byWilliam E. Chandler
Succeeded byBenjamin F. Tracy

About William Collins Whitney

Business Executive William Collins Whitney was born in Massachusetts, United States on July 5, 1841. He dies at the age of 62, on February 2, 1904.

Remembered as both a politician and a successful businessman, this conservative "Bourbon" Democrat served as President US President Grover Cleveland's first Secretary of the Navy and made his fortune in the legal, railway, steel, coal, financial, and horse racing industries.

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William Collins Whitney before becoming famous

William Collins Whitney was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1841 is also the year of Ox (牛) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He went to Harvard College to study law after graduating from School Yale University in the early 1860s.

Achievement of William Collins Whitney

He bred approximately thirty American race-winning horses throughout the course of his life.

William Collins Whitney's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He grew up in the rich and socially renowned Whitney family, with a brother, Henry Melville Whitney, who ran important steamship and railway enterprises, and sisters, Lily and Susan, who married into other well-known families. His first wife, Flora Payne, gave him Harry, Pauline, Payne, Oliver, and Dorothy; his second wife, Edith May, gave him Harry, Pauline, Payne, Oliver, and Dorothy.

William Collins Whitney Collabed with

Other Harry Whitney, his oldest son, continued the Whitney family's horse breeding tradition, producing a dozen Kentucky Derby horses.

William Collins Whitney Income & Net worth

William Collins Whitney's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a business executive. Networth of William Collins Whitney in 2024 is 1,000,000$+.

William Collins Whitney Height and Weight

How tall is William Collins Whitney? At the age of 62, William Collins Whitney height is 5'7" (1.7m).

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Latest information about William Collins Whitney updated on March 22 2023.