Professional Career
Du Pont worked with his father in the Du Pont, Bauday & Co., manufactures of cloth at Louviers, near Greenville, Delaware. On his father's death in 1827 he became the head of the company. He retired from the business in 1856. He was one of the organizers of the Delaware Railroad and President of the Farmers' Bank of Delaware.
Du Pont was a member of the Whig Party, who served in the State Senate from New Castle County during the 1841/42 and 1843/44 sessions and then again in the 1853/54 and 1855/56 sessions.
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