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Lewis Williams Douglas

Lewis Williams Douglas

Male 1894 - 1974  (79 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lewis Williams Douglas was born on 2 Jul 1894 in Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA (son of Dr James (Jimmy Rawhide) Douglas, Jnr, son of Dr James (Jimmy Rawhide) Douglas, Jnr and Josephine "Josalee" Williams); died on 7 Mar 1974 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA.

    Notes:

    DOUGLAS, Lewis Williams, a Representative from Arizona; born in Bisbee, Cochise County, Ariz., July 2, 1894; attended the public schools and Montclair (N.J.) Academy; was graduated from Amherst (Mass.) College in 1916; attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1916; commissioned as a second lieutenant on August 15, 1917, and assigned to the Three Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment, Field Artillery; promoted to first lieutenant and served overseas as assistant, G-3 staff, Ninety-first Division, until discharged on February 18, 1919; instructor of history at Amherst College in 1920; engaged in mining and general business; member of the Arizona State house of representatives 1923-1925; elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress; reelected to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1927, until his resignation March 4, 1933, before the commencement of the Seventy-third Congress; appointed Director of the Budget by President Franklin D. Roosevelt; took the oath of office on March 7, 1933, and served until August 31, 1934, when he resigned; vice president and member of the board of a chemical company 1934-1938; principal and vice chancellor of McGill University, Montreal, Canada, from January 1938 to December 1939; president of an insurance company from 1940-1947, and chairman of the board on leave of absence, 1947-1959; deputy administrator of the War Shipping Administration from May 1942 to March 1944; United States Ambassador to Great Britain 1947-1950; director, General Motors Corporation, 1944-1965; chairman and director, Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Company, 1949-1966; appointed by the President to head Government Study of Foreign Economic Problems, 1953; member, President's Task Force on American Indians, 1966-1967; died in Tucson, Ariz., March 7, 1974; cremated.

    Died:
    Cremated

    Lewis married Peggy Zinsser on 18 Jun 1921. Peggy died in 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sharman Douglas was born in 1929; died in 1996.
    2. Lewis W. Douglas, Jnr

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dr James (Jimmy Rawhide) Douglas, Jnr was born in 1867 (son of James Stuart Douglas); died in 1949.

    Notes:

    Followed in his father's footsteps, and built a major fortune with the United Verde Extension mine in Jerome, Arizona. His Jerome mansion is open to the public as the Jerome State Historic Park .

    Children:
    1. 1. Lewis Williams Douglas was born on 2 Jul 1894 in Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA; died on 7 Mar 1974 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA.
    2. James Douglas


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Stuart Douglas was born on 4 Nov 1837 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (son of Dr James Douglas, LLD and Naomi Douglas); died on 30 Jun 1918 in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A.; was buried in Mount Herman Cemetary, Quebec.

    Notes:

    President of the United Verde Extension Mining Co.,. which has a large copper mine in Arizona,

    Birth:
    This Dob does not tie in with parents marriage

    Buried:
    In the Douglas plot

    Children:
    1. 2. Dr James (Jimmy Rawhide) Douglas, Jnr was born in 1867; died in 1949.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Dr James Douglas, LLD was born about 1827 (son of Dr James Douglas, MD and (Mrs Douglas)); was buried in Mount Herman Cemetary, Quebec.

    Notes:

    See full biography in the Douglas Archives History section

    Birth:
    DoB is gueswork

    Buried:
    In the Douglas plot

    James married Naomi Douglas in 1860. Naomi (daughter of Captain Walter Douglas) was born before 1860; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Naomi Douglas was born before 1860 (daughter of Captain Walter Douglas); and died.
    Children:
    1. 4. James Stuart Douglas was born on 4 Nov 1837 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; died on 30 Jun 1918 in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A.; was buried in Mount Herman Cemetary, Quebec.
    2. Walter Douglas was born about 1840; and died.
    3. Elizabeth Douglas was born about 1840; and died.
    4. Edith M. Douglas was born about 1840; and died.
    5. Naomi E. Douglas was born about 1840; and died.
    6. Lily Douglas was born about 1840; and died.



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