His $10 million-plus donation primarily went to the nonpartisan organization With Honor Fund, which works to get military veterans elected to Congress. 31, 2018, was taken into account for this list.Ī Inc.’s Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, has donated more money to the 2018 midterm elections than any other S&P 500 CEO. William L.S&P 500 CEOs are some of the most influential people in the United States, especially when it comes to funding both Republicans And Democrats, that’s according to Market Watch roster of top CEO’s political donations to midterm election efforts.Jewett), via Illinois Historical Digitization Projects of the Northern Illinois University Libraries Containing the Republican Platform, the Lives of Fremont and Dayton, with Beautiful Steel Portraits of Each, 1856 (Boston: John P. Republican Campaign Edition for the Million.Dayton, an attorney for the Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad. In 1866, the name was changed from Cross Roads to Dayton, in honor of William L. "He's Looked at Life From Both Sides Now", The New York Times, "Buried here too is William Lewis Dayton, the first Republican vice presidential candidate who defeated Lincoln for the position in 1856 but lost the presidential nomination to him in 1860." February 20, 2000. Later, the town of Dayton, New Jersey, was named in his honor. Arthur's Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1882–1885. (1839–1897), graduated from Princeton in 1858 and served as President Chester A. In France, Dayton was part of a successful lobbying campaign to prevent the government of Napoleon III from recognizing the independence of the Confederacy or allowing Confederate use of French ports.ĭayton died in Paris and was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey. His service spanned most of the American Civil War. He served from May 1861 until his death in December 1864. Afterwards, he served as New Jersey Attorney General until 1861, when President Lincoln appointed him Minister to France. Fremont, lost to the Democratic ticket of James Buchanan and John C. In 1856, Dayton was selected by the nascent Republican Party as their first nominee for Vice President of the United States over Abraham Lincoln at the Philadelphia Convention.
He was re-elected by the New Jersey Legislature as a Whig in 1845 but lost in 1851, ending his service on March 3, 1851. Southard, he was appointed to the United States Senate starting July 2, 1842, and elected to finish the term ending in 1845. In 1837, Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislative Council, and he became an associate judge of the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1838. He then studied law with Peter Dumont Vroom, was admitted to the bar in 1830, and became an attorney in Freehold. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1825. Dayton was the grand-nephew of Elias Dayton and second cousin of Jonathan Dayton.
His father worked as a farmer and mechanic, and was not well off, but the extended Dayton family was long prominent in New Jersey.
During the American Civil War, Dayton served as the United States Ambassador to France, a position in which he worked to prevent French recognition of the Confederate States of America.ĭayton was born in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, to farmer Joel Dayton (1776–1833) and Nancy (Lewis) Dayton (1787–1866). In the 1856 presidential election, he became the first Republican vice-presidential nominee when nominated alongside John C. William Lewis Dayton (February 17, 1807 – December 1, 1864) was an American politician, active first in the Whig Party and later in the Republican Party.
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