Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1875
Columbus Delano leaves the Interior Department amid corruption allegations
Columbus Delano’s tenure as U.S. secretary of the interior came under a cloud of corruption allegations, and President Ulysses S. Grant required his resignation.
1843
Warren Delano Jr. and the opium trade
Warren Delano Jr.’s fortune and senior position at Russell & Company were tied to the firm’s participation in the illegal opium trade conducted through Canton. The episode forms a controversial part of the family’s nineteenth-century commercial history and should not be confused with a family-wide corporate activity.