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August Belmont Sr. (born Aron Belmont; December 8, 1813 – November 24, 1890) was a German-American financier, diplomat, and Democratic Party politician. As chair of the Democratic National Committee from 1860 to 1872, during a period of turmoil and reconciliation for the party following the American Civil War, Belmont was one of the longest serving party leaders in American history. During his life, he was one of the wealthiest men in the United States. He was also a thoroughbred racehorse owner and the founder and namesake of the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown of American Thoroughbred horse racing.

Belmont was born in the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1813 to a leading Jewish family. After attending the Philanthropin, he joined the Rothschild banking house as an apprentice and clerk. In 1837, en route to Cuba to stabilize Rothschild holdings following the First Carlist War, Belmont stopped in New York City during a catastrophic financial panic and learned that the Rothschilds' American agent had collapsed. Acting on his own judgment, he established himself as the house's American agent, a position which rapidly elevated him to the top of New York society.

Through his wife Caroline Slidell Perry and her uncle, John Slidell, Belmont became involved in the Democratic Party as a major donor and organizer in 1844, the same year he was naturalized as a United States citizen. In 1853, Belmont was appointed as United States minister to the Netherlands by Franklin Pierce. His diplomatic career was controversial for his roles in the Ostend Manifesto, calling for the American acquisition of Cuba, and the Walter M. Gibson affair. Although Belmont was a leading supporter of James Buchanan in his presidential campaigns in both 1852 and 1856, Buchanan did not appoint Belmont to any position in his administration, and Belmont supported Stephen A. Douglas for the party's nomination in 1860.

When the Democratic Party split between its northern and southern wings in 1860, Belmont became chair of the northern (or national) wing, leading its campaign against Abraham Lincoln. His plan to create anti-Lincoln fusion tickets in key swing states failed, and Lincoln was elected, leading to the American Civil War.