Beveridge Colin Dunlop (April 28, 1879 – July 2, 1961) was an American businessman and politician from
New York
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Life
He was born on April 28, 1879, in
Paterson, New Jersey
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, and in 1887 opened a branch factory in
Spring Valley,
Rockland County, New York
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. Beveridge Dunlop attended school in Spring Valley, and finished his education at State Street High School in
in 1895. Afterwards he lived in Spring Valley and worked for his family's silk business and other textile companies, later becoming vice president of several
rayon
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manufacturers. On September 6, 1904, he married Anna Norton Marvin (1880–1980), and they had four children.
In November 1913, Dunlop was elected on the
Progressive
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ticket to the
New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
(Rockland Co.), defeating the incumbent Democrat
Frederick George Grimme. Dunlop polled 4,347 votes, and Grimme polled 4,287. Dunlop was a member of the
137th New York State Legislature
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Background
Under the provisions o ...
in 1914.
In November 1914, he ran on the Progressive and
Prohibition
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tickets for re-election, but was defeated by his predecessor Grimme. Grimme polled 3,481 votes, Republican Frank S. Harris polled 2,824 votes, and Dunlop polled 1,463.
He was a
presidential elector
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in
1916
Events
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January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* ...
, voting for the Republican candidates
Charles Evans Hughes
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and
Charles W. Fairbanks
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.
Dunlop died on July 2, 1961;
''Beveridge Dunlop, Textile Executive''
in ''The New York Times'' on July 3, 1961 (subscription required) and was buried at the Brick Church Cemetery in Spring Valley.
References
External links
*
at The Strangest Names in American Political History
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1879 births
1961 deaths
People from Spring Valley, New York
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
New York (state) Progressives (1912)
20th-century American politicians
Politicians from Paterson, New Jersey
1916 United States presidential electors