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About U.S. Rep. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, U.S. Representative
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Belmont was an American socialite and United States Representative from New York.
Biography
Belmont was born in New York City, New York. Oliver's father was August Belmont, a Hessian Jew who came to the United States in 1837 as an agent for the Rothschilds, and accumulated enormous personal wealth. (The oldest race in the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, is named for August Belmont). His mother, Caroline Slidell (née Perry), was the daughter of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, who was renowned for commanding the naval expedition that opened Japan in 1853-54. His maternal great-uncle and namesake was Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the victor of the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813.
Belmont attended St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy on June 10, 1880. He was commissioned as a midshipman and served until June 1, 1881, when he resigned. In 1882, Oliver married Sara Swan Whiting, who was pregnant with his child, in Newport, but they divorced the same year. Natica was adopted by her stepfather, George Lockhart Rives and took his last name. She became a prominent New York socialite who was close friends with Alva Belmont. In 1907, she married Williams Proudfoot Burden, brother of James Abercrombie Burden, Jr. She died accidentally from gas lamp asphyxiation in 1908.
Belcourt
Main article: Belcourt Castle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belcourt_Castle
Oliver received a huge inheritance when his father died in 1890. Oliver was a bachelor at the time of his father's death and decided to build a summer house in Newport. Richard Morris Hunt was the architect for Oliver's Newport mansion, Belcourt Castle. Belmont designed Belcourt as he pleased. Hunt was hesitant with the design of Belcourt, but he concentrated on his guiding principle that it was his client's money he was spending. The entire first floor was composed of a multitude of stables for Belmont's prized horses. The monumental Gothic rooms with their huge stained-glass windows were emblazoned with the Belmont coat of arms.
On January 11, 1896 Belmont married Alva Vanderbilt, the ex-wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt.
Belmont was at one time a member of the banking firm of August Belmont and Co., New York City. He became publisher of the Verdict, a weekly paper.
Belmont served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1900, and was elected as a Democrat from New York's 13th District to the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902.
Oliver Belmont died on June 10, 1908 at his Brookholt estate in East Meadow, New York. He was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx. His mausoleum, designed by Richard Morris Hunt, is an exact replica of the Chapel of St. Hubert at Château d'Amboise in France.
Businessman, US Congressman. The son of financier August Belmont Sr., he was born into a family of wealth and privilege. He attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, graduating in 1880. He served a year as a Midshipman before resigning his commission in 1881. When his father died in 1890, he inherited much of his wealth, throwing some of it into the construction of Belcourt Castle, his summer home in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1896 he married Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, who had once been married to business magnate William Kissam Vanderbilt. He worked for his fathers banking operation, and parlayed that to a run for Congress in 1900. He was elected as a Democrat to represent New York's 13th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving a single term from 1901 to 1903. His family mausoleum, designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt, where he and his wife are interred, is an exact replica of The Chapel of Saint Hubert at Chateau Amboise in France, which was designed by Leonardo DaVinci. His maternal grandfather as Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry. (bio by: [fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=309" target="_blank Russ Dodge)] Maintained by: Find A Grave Record added: Jun 13, 1998
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U.S. Rep. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont's Timeline
| 1858 |
November 12, 1858
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New York, New York County, New York, United States
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| 1883 |
September 1, 1883
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Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1908 |
June 10, 1908
Age 49
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Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States
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Woodlawn Cemetery (Plot Whitewood Plot Sections 133 134. GPS (lat/lon) 40.88674 -73.87684), Bronx County, New York, United States
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