Harold Janeway
{{Short description|American politician (1936–2020)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Harold White Janeway
| image =
| state_senate=New Hampshire
| state=New Hampshire
| district=7th
| term_start = December 6, 2006
| term_end = December 1, 2010
| preceded= Robert Flanders
| succeeded= Andy Sanborn
| birth_date= {{Birth date|1936|2|3}}
| birth_place= Glen Cove, New York
| death_date= {{Death date and age|2020|8|20|1936|2|3}}
| death_place= Webster, New Hampshire
| spouse=
| profession=
| religion=
| party= Democratic
|}}
Harold White Janeway (February 3, 1936 – August 20, 2020) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 7th District from 2006 to 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/janeway-sgambati-to-retire |title=Janeway, Sgambati to retire | Concord Monitor |accessdate=2013-04-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612145947/http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/janeway-sgambati-to-retire |archivedate=2010-06-12 }} He was founder and president at White Mountain Investment, Inc, a director at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, and a Trustee of Milton Academy.{{cite web|author=Stocks |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=4257471 |title=Stocks - Bloomberg |publisher=Investing.businessweek.com |date=2019-02-07 |accessdate=2020-08-26}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
He died of cancer on August 20, 2020, in Webster, New Hampshire at age 84.{{cite web|author=John DiStaso |url=https://www.wmur.com/article/former-state-sen-harold-janeway-has-died/33793683 |title=Former state Sen. Harold Janeway has died |publisher=Wmur.com |date=2020-08-25 |accessdate=2020-08-26}}
Personal life
He was the son of Edward Gamaliel Janeway Sr. (1901-1986) and Elinor (White) Janeway (1905-1996). He had five siblings. His grandfather was Theodore Caldwell Janeway, and great-grandfather was Edward Gamaliel Janeway, both physicians. An uncle, Charles Alderson Janeway, was also a notable physician. He was also a descendant of Thomas Leiper.
On August 2, 1958, he married Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (b. 1937), granddaughter of politician Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, great-granddaughter of politician John Winthrop Chanler, 2nd great-granddaughter of Alexander Randall, 3rd great-granddaughter of William Backhouse Astor Sr. and John Randall, and a descendant of John Winthrop, Peter Stuyvesant and the Livingston family. They had five children: William, Roger Williams, Priscilla White, Nora and Augustus White Janeway.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020916060439/http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/senate07.asp The New Hampshire Senate - Senator Harold Janeway] official NH Senate website
- [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=65991 Project Vote Smart - Senator Harold Janeway (NH)] profile
- Follow the Money - Harold Janeway
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200630&c=429410 2006] campaign contributions
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070808093048/http://www.nhsenatedemocrats.org/senators/janeway.asp New Hampshire Senate Democratic Caucus - Harold Janeway] profile
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Category:Politicians from Glen Cove, New York
Category:Democratic Party New Hampshire state senators
Category:21st-century members of the New Hampshire General Court
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