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  2. Employer. Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust. Known for. financier, power broker. Spouse. Ruth (1933-1949; divorce) Parent (s) Lalla Gresham and Thomas Ball. Edward Gresham Ball (March 21, 1888 – June 24, 1981) was a businessman who wielded powerful political influence in Florida for decades.

    • American
    • Ruth (1933-1949; divorce)
    • Trust Administrator
    • financier, power broker
  3. Jul 24, 2021 · By. PUBLISHED: June 22, 1986 at 4:00 a.m. | UPDATED: July 24, 2021 at 1:59 a.m. Five years after the death of Ed Ball, a school dropout who parlayed his association with Alfred I. duPont into a...

  4. Aug 10, 2020 · Host Robin Young, who produced the story for Good Morning America, made the trip with Ball. Today, Ball, whose new book is " Life of a Klansman ," joins Young to reflect on his family's past and ...

  5. Aug 4, 2020 · In “Life of a Klansman,” Edward Ball recounts the saga of his great-great-grandfather, an embittered racist, in an attempt to understand the history of white supremacy in America. Credit...

  6. Mar 11, 1979 · Ed Ball has been called a robber baron and political power broker, a clever man with a dollar and a dangerous man to cross, a courtly Virginiap with the ladies and a ruthless foe whose daily...

  7. Jun 17, 2021 · Variously described as energetic, shrewd, determined, eccentric, combative and a courtly Southern gentleman, “Mr. Ed.” was all that and more. Often controversial, his tenure in Florida, circa 1920’s to 1981, placed him among the state’s most powerful business and political figures.

  8. Edward Ball (businessman) Edward Gresham Ball (March 21, 1888 – June 24, 1981) was a financier who wielded powerful political influence in Florida for decades. Referred to as "a law unto himself", despite the fact that he never held public office and did not own much of the assets he controlled, he led a forest products company, a railroad ...

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