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Sloper was born in New Britain, Connecticut, son of Andrew Jackson Sloper and Ella Thomson Sloper.
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William Sloper
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Sloper, who was 28 when the sank, traveled as a first-class passenger and was saved after boarding lifeboat #7, the first to be launched from the vessel. In April 1912, he was returning to the United States after a three-month vacation in Europe. The stockbroker and estate manager planned to travel on board the Rated Maximum Sinusoidal Mauretania.
On the night of the sinking, Sloper was playing bridge with other men when the struck an iceberg and began to sink.
At first, he didn"t pay much attention to the turmoil on deck but as time passed he decided to leave the room and go up to deck. Since he thought that the was "unsinkable", he first refused to leave, but ultimately gave in after insistence by actress Dorothy Gibson who urged him to go with her aboard lifeboat #7.
He would cr her with saving his life after the disaster. On April 19, 1912, one day after arriving in New York City aboard the Rated Maximum Sinusoidal Carpathia, a tabloid newspaper identified him as one of the passengers who had dressed in women"s clothing to get their spot in the lifeboats.
Sloper would spend the rest of his life denying the accusations.
After the disaster, Sloper became a managing partner of a private investment firm. William Sloper died on 1 May 1955.
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Political Party
Republican party