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Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont

Oliver Belmont
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Oliver Belmont
Member of the United States House of Representatives from
New York's 13th District
In office
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
Preceded by Jefferson Monroe Levy
Succeeded by Francis Burton Harrison
Personal details
Born Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
November 12, 1858
New York City, New York,
United States
Died June 10, 1908(1908-06-10) (aged 49)
Hempstead, New York,
United States
Resting place Woodlawn Cemetery
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Sara Swan Whiting
(m. 1882; div. 1882)

Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt (m. 1896; his death 1908)
Relations Perry Belmont (brother)
August Belmont, Jr. (brother)
Matthew C. Perry (maternal grandfather)
Children Natica Rives Belmont Burden
Parents August Belmont
Caroline Slidell Perry
Residence Belcourt
Education St. Paul's School
United States Naval Academy
Occupation Businessman, politician
Known for Belcourt

Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (November 12, 1858 – June 10, 1908) was an American socialite and United States Representative from New York. Belmont was a member of the banking firm of August Belmont and Co., New York City. He became publisher of the Verdict, a weekly paper.

Belmont was born on November 12, 1858 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 in Concord, New Hampshire. He entered the United States Naval Academy on June 10, 1880. He was commissioned as a midshipman and served until June 1, 1881, when he was discharged without graduating.


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