Stuyvesant Wainwright
Stuyvesant Wainwright | |
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1st district | |
In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1961 | |
Preceded by | Ernest Greenwood |
Succeeded by | Otis G. Pike |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City, New York | March 16, 1921
Died | March 6, 2010 Wainscott, New York | (aged 88)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Janet Isabel Parsons
(m. 1941) |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | George Jay Gould (grandfather) |
Education | Westminster School |
Alma mater | Yale Law School |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1942–1945 |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Stuyvesant Wainwright II (March 16, 1921 – March 6, 2010) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.[1]
Early life
Wainwright was born in
In 1927, his family moved to
Career
On January 30, 1942, at the age of 20, he left Yale and enlisted as a private in the United States Army. He attended officers' candidate school and, on December 30, 1943, went overseas during World War II. He rose through the ranks and became a commanding officer of the Office of Strategic Services, a wartime intelligence agency and predecessor of the modern Central Intelligence Agency.[9] He returned to the U.S. on June 10, 1945, and spent the last three months of his service as an adviser on intelligence coordination in the War Department in Washington, D.C. He was honorably discharged from the Army as a Captain on December 13, 1945. After the War, he served in the Active Army Reserve[8] and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1960.[5]
He resumed his legal studies at Yale, was graduated in 1947, was admitted to the
United States Congress
In
While serving in Congress, he was a member of the
He narrowly lost a re-election bid in 1960 against Democrat Otis G. Pike.[15][16]
Later career
After leaving the House of Representatives, he taught political science at Rutgers University from 1960 to 1961. Afterwards, he resumed the practice of law with the firm Battle, Fowler, Lidstone, Jaffin, Pierce & Kheel.[5] From 1975 until 1979, he was president of the Miltope Corporation and a director of the Corporation from 1975–1985.[8]
Personal life
In 1941, Wainwright was married to Janet Isabel Parsons (1920–2000),[17] the daughter of Thomas Crouse Parsons.[18][19] Before their divorce, they were the parents of:[5]
- Stuyvesant Wainwright III
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (b. 1944)[20]
- Janet Snowden Wainwright, who married Charles Brandon Waring in 1967.[21]
- Laura Wainwright
Until his death he was a resident of
He served on the Boards of the
References
- Notes
- ^ "Obituaries - March 11, 2010 Stuyvesant Wainwright II, Former United States Representative". Archived from the original on April 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
- ^ a b c "Carroll Wainwright, Artist and Member Of L.I. Family, Dies". The New York Times. 7 July 1967. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ a b Fox, Margalit (1 October 2016). "Carroll Wainwright Jr., 'Silk-Stockinged Stowaway,' Dies at 90". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "S. WAINWRIGHT DIES; NOTED YACHTSMAN; Was Descendant of Governor Peter Stuyvesant and Bishop Wainwright. NAVAL OFFICER IN THE WAR Raced Yachts for Several Decades-- Representative J. Mayhew Wainwright a Brother". The New York Times. 4 November 1930. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "WAINWRIGHT, STUYVESANT II". The New York Times. 14 March 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (12 September 1937). "LADY M'NEAL DIES; WAS EDITH GOULD; Granddaughter of Financier, 36, Succumbs at Estate in East Hampton; WIFE OF BRITISH KNIGHT; Wrote Autobiography Telling of Family Life as a Child -- Niece of Duchess". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Olla Podrida 1937, The Lawrence, April 9, 1937
- ^ a b c d "WAINWRIGHT, Stuyvesant, II - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Clancey, Patrick. "Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Organization and Functions". HyperWar. Retrieved Nov 10, 2016.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 4, 1952" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ Rosenthal, Howard L.; Poole, Keith T. "Stuyvesant Wainwright, former Representative for New York's 1st Congressional District - GovTrack.us". GovTrack.us. GovTrack. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (1 May 1959). "Wainwright to Parachute". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957". GovTrack.us.
- ^ "HR 8601. PASSAGE".
- ^ Porterfield, Byron (14 October 1958). "State's First and 28th Districts Are G. O. P. Strongholds; Pike Is Challenging Wainwright on L.I. for Congress Seat". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Porterfield, Byron (19 October 1960). "Pike, in First, Tries Again to Unseat Wainwright". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "WAINWRIGHT, JANET PARSONS". The New York Times. 21 May 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "TROTH ANNOIJHCED OF JANET PARSONS; Texas Girl to Become Bride of Stuyvesant Wainwright 2d, Yale University Student SHE ATTENDED BREARLEY Also Studied at Miss Porter's Her Fianoe Grandson of Late George J, Goulds". The New York Times. 17 April 1941. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New Tors (13 June 1941). "JANET PARSONS WED TO S. WAINWRIGHT 2D; Former Hew York Girl Bride of Jay Gonld's Descendant". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Son to the S. Wainwrights 2d". The New York Times. 6 April 1944. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Miss Wainwright Engaged to Wed Charles Waring; George Washington U. Students Planning to Marry in Autumn". The New York Times. 16 February 1967. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wainscott CDP, New York". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
- ^ "History".
- Sources
- United States Congress. "Stuyvesant Wainwright (id: W000024)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.