page_title: Harry Ford Sinclair
section_title: Later life
hierarchical_section_title: Harry Ford Sinclair / Later life
caption_attribution_description: Harry F. Sinclair House
context_page_description: Harry Ford Sinclair was an American industrialist, and the founder of Sinclair Oil. He was implicated in the 1920s Teapot Dome Scandal, and served six months in prison for jury tampering. Afterwards he returned to his former life and enjoyed its prosperity until his death.
  He was an avid owner of sports properties, one of the principal financial backers of baseball's Federal League and a force in U.S. thoroughbred racing. Horses from his stable won the Kentucky Derby and three Belmont Stakes.
context_section_description: After serving his short prison term Sinclair returned to his successful business. He had owned a luxurious French Renaissance-style château on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 79th Street in New York City. His reputation destroyed there, Sinclair sold the property in 1930. Located in the same area as several major museums, it was eventually acquired by the Ukrainian Institute of America and is now open to the public.
  Harry Ford Sinclair retired as president of Sinclair Oil and Gas Company in January 1949.
  He died a wealthy man in Pasadena, California in 1956 and was interred in the Roman Catholic Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.
caption: At one time, Harry F. Sinclair owned this C. P. H. Gilbert designed mansion now known as the Harry F. Sinclair House, in New York City.
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