About Alfred Cotton Bedford
Lived 1863 – 1925 (aged 61). Alfred Cotton Bedford was an American businessperson.
Alfred Cotton Bedford (November 5, 1863 – September 21, 1925) was president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey starting on December 22, 1916, to November 15, 1917. He served as chairman of the board of Standard Oil of New Jersey from November 15, 1917, to September 21, 1925.
He was promoted from treasurer to president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey starting on December 22, 1916. He was made chairman of the board on November 15, 1917, and Walter Clark Teagle took over the presidency.
He received the Commandant of the Legion medal of France in 1922.
He died on September 21, 1925. He left an estate of $3,000,000 . He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. His widow died in 1944.
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American businessman (1863-1925)
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Alfred Cotton Bedford was born on 5 November 1863 in Brooklyn.
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Alfred Cotton Bedford died on 21 September 1925 in Manhattan.
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