Marion duPont Scott (May 3, 1894 – September 4, 1983) was a philanthropist, and a thoroughbred horsebreeder who operated a racing stable for both flat and steeplechase racing. She was the last private owner of Montpelier, the mansion and land estate of fo
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Lammot du Pont II (October 12, 1880 – June 24, 1952) was an American businessman who was the head of the du Pont family's E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for 22 years.
Continue reading >>Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918; normally called Henry Adams) was an American journalist, historian, academic and novelist.
Continue reading >>Charles Francis Adams III (August 2, 1866 – June 10, 1954) was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover and a well-known yachtsman.
Continue reading >>Charles Francis Adams II (May 27, 1835 – May 20, 1915) was a member of the prominent Adams family, and son ofCharles Francis Adams, Sr. He served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a railroad regulator and
Continue reading >>John Quincy Adams II (September 22, 1833 – August 14, 1894) was an American lawyer and politician.
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