Birth Name: William Collins Whitney
Occupation: Business Executive
Place Of Birth: Massachusetts
Date Of Birth: July 5, 1841
Date Of Death: February 2, 1904
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
William Collins Whitney was born on the 5th of July, 1841. He was best known for being a Business Executive. Remembered as both a politician and a successful businessman, this conservative “Bourbon” Democrat served as President Grover Cleveland’s first Secretary of the Navy and made his fortune in the legal, railway, steel, coal, financial, and horse racing industries.
William Collins Whitney was born in Massachusetts. After graduating from Yale University in the early 1860s, he pursued a law degree at Harvard College. Over the course of his life, he bred nearly thirty American race-winning horses.
William Collins Whitney was a Cancer and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
William Collins Whitney was born in 1840s.
William Collins Whitney is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
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Family
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Personal Life
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William Collins Whitney was born in the Year of the Ox.
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| REAL NAME: | William Collins Whitney |
| NICKNAME: | William |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Cancer |
| BIRTH DAY: | Monday |
| DEATH DAY: | Tuesday |
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Zodiac Sign: William Collins Whitney was a Cancer. People of this zodiac sign like home-based hobbies, relaxing near or in water, helping loved ones, and dislike strangers, revealing of personal life. The strengths of this sign are being loyal, emotional, sympathetic, tenacious, persuasive, while weaknesses can be moody, pessimistic, suspicious, manipulative and insecure. The greatest overall compatibility with Cancer is Capricorn and Taurus.
Chinese Zodiac: William Collins Whitney was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are persistent and straightforward. They have a strong faith and can be seen as stubborn in their old ways.
Ruling Planet: William Collins Whitney had a ruling planet of Moon and has a ruling planet of Moon and by astrological associations Sunday is ruled by moon. The Moon represents one's nurturing and emotional instinct. People who are born with Moon as the ruling planet are sensitive, nurturing, and usually have fluctuating moods.
William Collins Whitney’s birth sign is Cancer and he had a ruling planet of Moon.
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