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United States Secretary of the Treasury
The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and, until 2003, some issues of national security and defense. This position in the Federal Government of the United States is analogous to the...
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher. The chief of staff to General George Washington during the American...
Date of birth:
- Nov 20, 1755
Date of death:
- Jul 12, 1804 (age 48 years)
Party:
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Oliver Wolcott Jr. (January 11, 1760 – June 1, 1833) was United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1795 to 1800 and governor of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827.
He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, son of Oliver Wolcott, Sr. and Laura Collins...
Date of birth:
- Jan 11, 1760
Date of death:
- Jun 1, 1833 (age 73 years)
Samuel Dexter
Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761 - May 4, 1816) was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinet.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the Rev. Samuel Dexter, the 4th minister of Dedham, he graduated from Harvard...
Date of birth:
- May 14, 1761
Date of death:
- May 4, 1816 (age 55 years)
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Albert Gallatin
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, politician, diplomat, Congressman, and the longest-serving United States Secretary of the Treasury. He was also a founder of New York...
Date of birth:
- Jan 29, 1761
Date of death:
- Aug 12, 1849 (age 88 years)
Party:
George W. Campbell
George Washington Campbell (February 9, 1769 – February 17, 1848) was an American statesman.
Born in Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland, he immigrated to North Carolina in 1772 with his parents. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton...
Date of birth:
- Feb 9, 1769
Date of death:
- Feb 17, 1848 (age 79 years)
Party:
Alexander J. Dallas
Alexander James Dallas (June 21, 1759 – January 16, 1817) was an American statesman who served as the U.S. Treasury Secretary under President James Madison.
Dallas was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to Dr. Robert Charles Dallas (1710 – 1769) and Sarah...
Date of birth:
- Jun 21, 1759
Date of death:
- Jan 16, 1817 (age 57 years)
William H. Crawford
William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816...
Date of birth:
- Feb 24, 1772
Date of death:
- Sep 15, 1834 (age 62 years)
Party:
Richard Rush
Richard Rush (August 29, 1780 – July 30, 1859) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second son (and third child) of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and Julia (Stockton) Rush. He entered the College...
Date of birth:
- Aug 29, 1780
Date of death:
- Jul 30, 1859 (age 78 years)
Samuel D. Ingham
Samuel Delucenna Ingham (September 16, 1779 – June 5, 1860) was a U.S. Congressman and U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Andrew Jackson.
Born near New Hope, Pennsylvania, after a pursuit of classical studies, he engaged in the manufacture of...
Date of birth:
- Sep 16, 1779
Date of death:
- Jun 5, 1860 (age 80 years)
Louis McLane
Louis McLane (May 28, 1786 - October 7, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a member of the Federalist Party and later the...
Date of birth:
- May 28, 1786
Date of death:
- Oct 7, 1857 (age 71 years)
Party:
William John Duane
William John Duane (May 9, 1780 – September 27, 1865) was an Irish born American politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania.
Born in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland, Duane emigrated to the United States with his father, William Duane, in 1796,...
Date of birth:
- May 9, 1780
Date of death:
- Sep 27, 1865 (age 85 years)
Levi Woodbury
Levi Woodbury (December 22, 1789 – September 4, 1851) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was the first Justice to have attended law school.
Woodbury was born in Francestown, New Hampshire. He graduated from...
Date of birth:
- Dec 22, 1789
Date of death:
- Sep 4, 1851 (age 61 years)
Roger Brooke Taney
Roger Brooke Taney was born March 17, 1777 on the Taney Plantation along the Patuxent River, in Maryland's Calvert County. The Taney family had come to the colony as indentured servants in the mid-seventeenth century but, after serving out their...
Date of birth:
- Mar 17, 1777
Date of death:
- Oct 12, 1864 (age 87 years)
Party:
Thomas Ewing
Thomas Ewing, Sr. (December 28, 1789 – October 26, 1871) was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate as well as serving as the Secretary of the Treasury and the first Secretary of the Interior.
Born in West...
Date of birth:
- Dec 28, 1789
Date of death:
- Oct 26, 1871 (age 81 years)
Party:
Walter Forward
Walter Forward (January 24, 1786 – November 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the brother of Chauncey Forward.
Born in East Granby, Connecticut, he attended the common schools. After moving with his father to Aurora, Ohio, he...
Date of birth:
- Jan 24, 1786
Date of death:
- Nov 24, 1852 (age 66 years)
John Canfield Spencer
John Canfield Spencer (January 8, 1788 Hudson, Columbia County, New York - May 18, 1855 Albany, Albany County, New York) was an American lawyer, politician, judge and United States Cabinet secretary in the administration of President John Tyler.
He...
Date of birth:
- Jan 8, 1788
Date of death:
- May 18, 1855 (age 67 years)
George M. Bibb
George Mortimer Bibb (October 30, 1776 – April 14, 1859) was an American politician.
Bibb was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and the College of William & Mary, then studied law. He was admitted to the...
Date of birth:
- Oct 30, 1776
Date of death:
- Apr 14, 1859 (age 82 years)
Party:
Robert J. Walker
Robert John Walker (July 23, 1801 – November 11, 1869) was an American economist and statesman.
Born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, the son of a judge, he graduated in 1819 at the top of his class at the University of Pennsylvania where he was a...
Date of birth:
- Jul 23, 1801
Date of death:
- Nov 11, 1869 (age 68 years)
Party:
William M. Meredith
William Morris Meredith (June 8, 1799 – August 17, 1873) was an American lawyer and politician.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1812. After he was admitted to the bar 1817, he began practicing...
Date of birth:
- Jun 8, 1799
Date of death:
- Aug 17, 1873 (age 74 years)
Thomas Corwin
Thomas Corwin (July 29, 1794 – December 18, 1865), also known as Tom Corwin and The Wagon Boy, was a politician from the state of Ohio who served as a prosecuting attorney, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, United States House of...
Date of birth:
- Jul 29, 1794
Date of death:
- Dec 18, 1865 (age 71 years)
Party:
James Guthrie
James Guthrie (December 5, 1792 – March 3, 1869) was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky and served as Secretary of the Treasury in the administration of President Franklin Pierce.
James Guthrie was born to General Adam and Hannah (Polk) Guthrie near...
Date of birth:
- Dec 5, 1792
Date of death:
- Mar 3, 1869 (age 76 years)
Party:
Howell Cobb
(Thomas) Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815 – October 9, 1868) was an American political figure. A Southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as...
Date of birth:
- Sep 7, 1815
Date of death:
- Oct 9, 1868 (age 53 years)
Party:
Philip Thomas
Philip Francis Thomas (September 12, 1810 – October 2, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician.
Born in Easton, Maryland, he graduated from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania in 1830. He studied law and became a lawyer in Easton. He was a...
Date of birth:
- Sep 12, 1810
Date of death:
- Oct 2, 1890 (age 80 years)
Party:
John Adams Dix
John Adams Dix (July 24, 1798 – April 21, 1879) was an American politician from New York. He served as Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Senator, and New York Governor. He was also a Union major general during the Civil War.
Dix was born in Boscawen,...
Date of birth:
- Jul 24, 1798
Date of death:
- Apr 21, 1879 (age 80 years)
Party:
William P. Fessenden
William Pitt Fessenden (October 16, 1806 – September 8, 1869) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine.
Fessenden was a Whig (later a Republican) and member of the Fessenden political family. He served in the United States House of...
Date of birth:
- Oct 16, 1806
Date of death:
- Sep 8, 1869 (age 62 years)
Party:
Salmon P. Chase
Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808 – May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist in the Civil War era who served as U.S. Senator from Ohio and Governor of Ohio; as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln; and as Chief...
Date of birth:
- Jan 13, 1808
Date of death:
- May 7, 1873 (age 65 years)
Hugh McCulloch
Hugh McCulloch (December 7, 1808 – May 24, 1895) was an American statesman who served two non-consecutive terms as U.S. Treasury Secretary, serving under three presidents.
Born at Kennebunk, Maine, he was educated at Bowdoin College, studied law in...
Date of birth:
- Dec 7, 1808
Date of death:
- May 24, 1895 (age 86 years)
George S. Boutwell
George Sewall Boutwell (January 28, 1818 – February 27, 1905) was an American statesman who served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant, Governor of Massachusetts, a Senator and Representative from Massachusetts and the...
Date of birth:
- Jan 28, 1818
Date of death:
- Feb 27, 1905 (age 87 years)
Party:
William Adams Richardson
William Adams Richardson (November 2, 1821 – October 19, 1896) was an American judge and politician.
Born in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, he graduated from Pinkerton Academy, Lawrence Academy at Groton, and attended Harvard University, graduating in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 2, 1821
Date of death:
- Oct 19, 1896 (age 75 years)
Benjamin Bristow
Benjamin Helm Bristow (June 20, 1832 – June 22, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the first Solicitor General of the United States and as a U.S. Treasury Secretary.
Born in Elkton, Kentucky, Bristow was the son of Francis...
Date of birth:
- Jun 20, 1832
Date of death:
- Jun 22, 1896 (age 64 years)
Lot M. Morrill
Lot Myrick Morrill (May 13, 1813 – January 10, 1883) was an American statesman who served as Governor of Maine, and in the United States Senate and as Secretary of the Treasury.
He was born in Belgrade, Maine, to Peaslee and Nancy (Macomber) Morrill...
Date of birth:
- May 13, 1813
Date of death:
- Jan 10, 1883 (age 69 years)
Party:
John Sherman
John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" (May 10, 1823 – October 22, 1900), was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of...
Date of birth:
- May 10, 1823
Date of death:
- Oct 22, 1900 (age 77 years)
Party:
William Windom
William Windom (May 10, 1827 – January 29, 1891) was an American politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate as a Republican from Minnesota in the 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th,...
Date of birth:
- May 10, 1827
Date of death:
- Jan 29, 1891 (age 63 years)
Party:
Charles J. Folger
Charles James Folger (April 16, 1818 Nantucket, Massachusetts - September 4, 1884 Geneva, Ontario County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. He was U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1881 until his death.
Folger was born on the island...
Date of birth:
- Apr 16, 1818
Date of death:
- Sep 4, 1884 (age 66 years)
Walter Q. Gresham
Walter Quintin Gresham (March 17, 1832 – May 28, 1895) was an American statesman and jurist. He served as United States Postmaster General, as a judge on the United States Courts of Appeals, was a two-time candidate for the Republican presidential...
Date of birth:
- Mar 17, 1832
Date of death:
- May 28, 1895 (age 63 years)
Party:
Daniel Manning
Daniel Manning (May 16, 1831 – December 24, 1887) was an American businessman, journalist, and politician.
Born in Albany New York, he was educated in the public schools and then entered the world of commerce. At the age of 11, Manning went to work...
Date of birth:
- May 16, 1831
Date of death:
- Dec 24, 1887 (age 56 years)
Charles S. Fairchild
Charles Stebbins Fairchild (April 30, 1842 – November 24, 1924) was a New York businessman and politician.
Born in Cazenovia, New York, to Sidney and Helen Fairchild, he graduated from Harvard College in 1863 and Harvard Law School in 1865. He was...
Date of birth:
- Apr 30, 1842
Date of death:
- Nov 24, 1924 (age 82 years)
Charles Foster
Charles William Foster, Jr. (April 12, 1828 – January 9, 1904) was a U.S. Republican politician from Ohio. Foster was the 35th Governor of Ohio, and later went on to serve as Secretary of the Treasury under Benjamin Harrison.
Foster was born outside...
Date of birth:
- Apr 12, 1828
Date of death:
- Jan 9, 1904 (age 75 years)
Party:
John Griffin Carlisle
John Griffin Carlisle (September 5, 1834 – July 31, 1910) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party during the last quarter of the 19th century. He served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to...
Date of birth:
- Sep 5, 1834
Date of death:
- Jul 31, 1910 (age 75 years)
Party:
Lyman J. Gage
Lyman Judson Gage (June 28, 1836 – January 26, 1927) was an American financier and Presidential Cabinet officer.
He was born at DeRuyter, New York, educated at an academy at Rome, New York, and at the age of 17 he became a bank clerk. In 1853 he...
Date of birth:
- Jun 28, 1836
Date of death:
- Jan 26, 1927 (age 90 years)
L. M. Shaw
Leslie Mortier Shaw (November 2, 1848 – March 28, 1932) was an American businessman, lawyer and politician.
Born in Morristown, Vermont, he became a lawyer and banker, and in 1898 became Governor of Iowa, serving until 1902. He then became United...
Date of birth:
- Nov 2, 1848
Date of death:
- Mar 28, 1932 (age 83 years)
George B. Cortelyou
George Bruce Cortelyou (July 26, 1862 – October 23, 1940) was an American Presidential Cabinet secretary of the early 20th century.
Born to Rose Seery and Peter Crolius Cortelyou, and part of an old New Netherlands family whose immigrant ancestor...
Date of birth:
- Jul 26, 1862
Date of death:
- Oct 23, 1940 (age 78 years)
Party:
Wayne MacVeagh
Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (April 19, 1833 – January 11, 1917) was an American politician and diplomat.
Born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, he attended Yale University, where he was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter), and...
Date of birth:
- Apr 19, 1833
Date of death:
- Jan 11, 1917 (age 83 years)
Party:
William Gibbs McAdoo
William Gibbs McAdoo, Jr. (October 31, 1863 – February 1, 1941) was an American lawyer and political leader who served as a U.S. Senator, United States Secretary of the Treasury and director of the United States Railroad Administration (USRA). By...
Date of birth:
- Oct 31, 1863
Date of death:
- Feb 1, 1941 (age 77 years)
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was a newspaper publisher and American politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He served many years in Congress with the Democratic Party. He was a key figure in developing the U.S. legislation which...
Date of birth:
- Jan 4, 1858
Date of death:
- May 28, 1946 (age 88 years)
Party:
David F. Houston
David Franklin Houston (February 17, 1866 – September 2, 1940) was an American academic, businessman and politician.
Born in Monroe, North Carolina, he graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1887 and went on to do graduate work at...
Date of birth:
- Feb 17, 1866
Date of death:
- Sep 2, 1940 (age 74 years)
Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855 – August 27, 1937) was an American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 until February 12, 1932.
He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., on...
Date of birth:
- Mar 24, 1855
Date of death:
- Aug 27, 1937 (age 82 years)
Ogden L. Mills
Ogden Livingston Mills (August 23, 1884 – October 11, 1937) was an American businessman and politician.
The son of Ogden Mills and Ruth T. Livingston, he had twin sisters Beatrice Mills and Gladys Livingston Mills. Odgen L. Mills was the grandson of...
Date of birth:
- Aug 23, 1884
Date of death:
- Oct 11, 1937 (age 53 years)
William Hartman Woodin
William Hartman Woodin (May 27, 1868 – May 3, 1934) was a U.S. industrialist. He served as the Secretary of Treasury under Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.
Woodin was closely involved in Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company. His father, Clement...
Date of birth:
- May 27, 1868
Date of death:
- May 3, 1934 (age 65 years)
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (pronounced /ˈmɔrɡənθɔː/; May 11, 1891 – February 6, 1967) was the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was also the father of Robert M. Morgenthau, the current District Attorney...
Date of birth:
- May 11, 1891
Date of death:
- Feb 6, 1967 (age 75 years)
Fred M. Vinson
Frederick Moore Vinson (January 22, 1890 – September 8, 1953) served the United States in all three branches of government and was the most prominent member of the Vinson political family. In the legislative branch, he was an elected member of the...
Date of birth:
- Jan 22, 1890
Date of death:
- Sep 8, 1953 (age 63 years)
John W. Snyder
John Wesley Snyder (June 21, 1895 – October 8, 1985) was an American businessman and Cabinet Secretary.
Born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, he studied at Vanderbilt University's engineering school for one year before joining in the Army during World War I....
Date of birth:
- Jun 21, 1895
Date of death:
- Oct 8, 1985 (age 90 years)
George M. Humphrey
George Christopher Humphrey (March 8, 1890 – January 20, 1970) was an American lawyer, businessman and Cabinet secretary.
Raised in Edenbronx, Humphrey received both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan. After practicing...
Date of birth:
- Mar 8, 1890
Date of death:
- Jan 20, 1970 (age 79 years)
Robert Bernard Anderson
Robert Bernard Anderson (June 4, 1910 – August 14, 1989) was an American administrator and businessman. He served as the Secretary of the Navy between February 1953 and March 1954. He also served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1957 until 1961...
Date of birth:
- Jun 4, 1910
Date of death:
- Aug 14, 1989 (age 79 years)
C. Douglas Dillon
Clarence Douglas Dillon (born Clarence Douglass Dillon in Geneva, August 21, 1909 – New York City, New York, January 10, 2003) was an American diplomat and politician, who served as U.S. Ambassador to France (1953–1957) and as the 57th Secretary of...
Date of birth:
- Aug 21, 1909
Date of death:
- 2003 (age 93 years)
Party:
Henry H. Fowler
Henry Hammill Fowler (September 5, 1908–January 3, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician.
Born in Roanoke, Virginia, he graduated from Roanoke College in 1929 and received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1932.
Fowler joined the legal...
Date of birth:
- Sep 5, 1908
Date of death:
- Jan 3, 2000 (age 91 years)
Joseph W. Barr
Joseph Walker Barr (January 17, 1918 – February 23, 1996) was an American businessman and politician.
Born in Bicknell, Indiana, he graduated from DePauw University in 1939, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and earned a master's...
Date of birth:
- Jan 17, 1918
Date of death:
- Feb 23, 1996 (age 78 years)
David M. Kennedy
David Matthew Kennedy (July 21, 1905 – May 1, 1996) was an American businessman, economist and Cabinet secretary.
Born in Randolph, Utah, he attended public school and graduated from Weber College, then a Mormon college, in 1928. He served a two...
Date of birth:
- Jul 21, 1905
Date of death:
- May 1, 1996 (age 90 years)
John Connally
John Bowden Connally, Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an influential American politician, serving as Governor of Texas, Secretary of the Navy under President John F. Kennedy, and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Richard M....
Date of birth:
- Feb 27, 1917
Date of death:
- Jun 15, 1993 (age 76 years)
Party:
George P. Shultz
George Pratt Shultz (born December 13, 1920) is an American economist, statesman, and businessman. He served as the United States Secretary of Labor from 1969 to 1970, as the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1972 to 1974, and as the U.S....
Date of birth:
- Dec 13, 1920 (age 89 years)
