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Mar 21, 1888 Hardings, Virginia, Virginia, United States Died on 24 Jun 1981 (aged 93)

American businessperson

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About Edward Ball Businessman

  • Edward Gresham Ball (March 21, 1888 – June 24, 1981) was a businessperson who had powerful political influence in Florida for decades.
  • Referred to as "a law unto himself", despite the fact that he never held public office and did not own the assets he controlled, he led a forest products company and owned newspapers.
  • He worked for and with his brother-in-law Alfred I.
  • du Pont for nine years before running the Alfred I.
  • duPont Testamentary Trust's businesses by himself for another 46 years.
  • He founded and led the St.
  • Joe Paper Company to become a major player in several industries in Florida.
  • He was a leader of the pro-segregation, anti-homosexual, and anti-communist Pork Chop Gang, a group of Democratic Party legislators from North Florida.

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