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2 unusual facts about Alexander W. Weddell


Virginia Historical Society

Virginia House, situated on a hillside overlooking the historic James River in Richmond, Virginia, was constructed by Alexander W. Weddell, U.S. ambassador to Spain and Argentina, and his wife, Virginia Weddell, in 1928 from the materials of a sixteenth-century English manor house previously standing in Warwick.

Weddell

Alexander W. Weddell (1876–1948), American diplomat; ambassador to Argentina and Spain


Alexander W. Campbell

In 1861, Campbell entered the Confederate States Army in the rank of colonel of the 33rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment, serving in the army of General Leonidas Polk in Columbus, Kentucky.

Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr.

Dreyfoos spends much of his time these days aboard his unique SWATH yacht "Silver Cloud", designed and built by Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder, Germany.

Alexander W. Hope

On June 4, 1851, Mayor Benjamin Wilson appointed him to organize and lead a volunteer force of city peace officers, to be known as the Los Angeles Rangers.

Alexander W. Monroe

During his later years, Monroe resided on his farm in the Barnes Mill community of Hampshire County.

Ebenezer J. Penniman

In 1850, Penniman defeated incumbent Democrat Alexander W. Buel to be elected as a Whig from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the Thirty-second Congress, serving from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853.

Mary Elise Hayden

She studied at the Young Actors Theater in Tallahassee, Florida, for seven years and attended the Middle School of the Arts in North Palm Beach, Florida, and, in West Palm Beach, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, where she majored in voice and theater.

Ray and Maria Stata Center

Other major funders include Bill Gates, Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. (MIT class of 1954), Charles Thomas "E.B" Pritchard Hintze (an MIT graduate, and of JD Edwards, now Oracle Corporation) and Morris Chang of TSMC.

Silas Stow

His son Alexander W. Stow was the first Chief Justice of the State of Wisconsin.


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