Colonel Edward Buchanan Cassatt (August 23, 1869 – January 31, 1922) was an American soldier and an owner/breeder of Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

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 racehorses

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. He was the son of Alexander Cassatt

Alexander Cassatt

Alexander Johnston Cassatt was the 7th president of the Pennsylvania Railroad , serving from June 9, 1899 to December 28, 1906. Frequently referred to as A. J. Cassatt, the great accomplishment under his stewardship was the planning and construction of tunnels under the Hudson River to finally...

, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad

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, and his wife, Lois Buchanan, a niece of James Buchanan

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, 15th President of the United States

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Cassatt studied at Haverford College

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 then at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr

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 in France

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 before graduating from West Point

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 in 1903. He served with the United States Cavalry in the Spanish-American War

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 and the Philippine-American War. He also served as military attaché at the Embassy of the United States in London

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, England

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He married Emily Louise Phillips in 1893 and divorced in 1904. They had one child, Lois, who married John B. Thayer III

Jack Thayer

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. He married a second time in 1908 to Eleanor Blackford Smith of Virginia

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Edward Cassatt ran as a Democrat

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 for the 65th United States Congress

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 (1917-1919) but lost to incumbent Republican

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, Thomas S. Butler

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Thoroughbred racing

On the death of his father in 1906, Edward Cassatt inherited Chesterbrook Farm in Berwyn, Pennsylvania where his father had bred Thoroughbred horses. The most successful runner for Alexander Cassatt had been The Bard

The Bard (horse)

The Bard was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was the most popular horse of his day and one who raced and beat all the top horses. Bred by Charles Reed, owner of the Fairview Stud Farm in Gallatin, Tennessee, his dam was Bradamante and his sire was the U.S...

, a multiple Champion

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 and winner of the 1886 Preakness Stakes

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. Edward Cassatt had similar success with his horse, Layminister, who won the Preakness Stakes in 1910.

Edward Cassatt was a member of The Jockey Club

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 and the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association

National Steeplechase Association

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Colonel Edward Cassatt died on January 31, 1922 at Chesterbrook Farm in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. He was interred in the Church of the Redeemer Cemetery in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

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