found: WWWA, 1897-1942(Dryden, John Fairfield, senator, b. on farm nr. Farmington, Me., 1839; s. John and Elizabeth B. (Reynolds) D.; m. Cynthia Fairchild, 1864; est. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 1875; U.S. senator, 1902-1907; home: Bernardsville, N.J.; d. 1911)
found: Biographical directory of the United States website, viewed March 28, 2022(Dryden, John Fairfield, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Temple, Franklin County, Maine, August 7, 1839; moved to Massachusetts in 1846 with his parents, who settled in Worcester; attended Yale College; founded the Prudential Insurance Co. of America in Newark, N.J., in 1875, becoming its first secretary and in 1881 its president, and served in the latter position until 1911; one of the founders of the Fidelity Trust Co.; involved in the establishment and management of various street railways, banks, and other financial enterprises in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William J. Sewell and served from January 29, 1902, to March 3, 1907; was a candidate for reelection, but withdrew because of a deadlock in the legislature; chairman, Committee on Relations with Canada (Fifty-seventh Congress), Committee on Enrolled Bills (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses); resumed his former business pursuits; died in Newark, N.J., November 24, 1911; interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery)
