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Gifford Pinchot

Born: 11-Aug-1865
Birthplace: Simsbury, CT
Died: 4-Oct-1946
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Cancer - Leukemia
Remains: Buried, Milford Cemetery, Milford, PA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Twice Governor of Pennsylvania

Father: James Wallace Pinchot (b. 1831, d. 1908)
Mother: Mary Jane Eno (b. 1838, d. 1914)
Brother: Amos Richards Eno Pinchot (attorney, b. 6-Dec-1873, d. 18-Feb-1944)
Sister: Antoinette Johnstone
Wife: Laura Houghteling (m. 1894 after her death. Yes, he married a dead girl)
Wife: Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce (m. 1914, until his death, d. 1960, one son)
Son: Gifford Bryce Pinchot (b. 1915, d. 1989)

    High School: Phillips Exeter Academy
    University: BA, Yale University (1889)

    Governor of Pennsylvania (1931-35)
    Governor of Pennsylvania (1923-27)
    National Conservation Commission President (1910-25)
    US Forest Service Chief (1905-10)
    US Agriculture Department Chief, Div. of Forestry (1898-1905)
 
    Boone and Crockett Club
    Skull and Bones Society
    Society of American Foresters Founder (1900)


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