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Preston Lea

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Preston Lea

54th Governor of Delaware
(January 17, 1905 to January 19, 1909)

From Wilmington, Delaware

VicePresident of Lea Milling Interests

President of the Wilmington Board of Trade 1873

President of the Union National Bank of Wilmington 1888

Born: November 12, 1841   Died: December 4, 1916

Wife: Eliza Naudain Corbit

Children: Names unknown

Artist: Clawson S. Hammitt, 1907

Oil portrait; 29 1 /2" x 24 1 /4"

Purchased by the State of Delaware, 1920

Collection of Delaware State Museums


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