Franklin MacVeagh
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Franklin MacVeagh was an American politician, lawyer, grocer and banker. He served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President William Howard Taft.
MacVeagh in 1909
Franklin MacVeagh medal by George Morgan, (c. 1910)
MacVeagh's grave at Graceland Cemetery
William Gibbs McAdoo
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William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. was an American lawyer and statesman. McAdoo was a leader of the Progressive movement and played a major role in the administration of his father-in-law, President Woodrow Wil
Franklin MacVeagh
…States Secretary of the Treasury In office March 8, 1909 – March 5, 1913 President William Howard Taft Preceded by George B. Cortelyou Succeeded by William McAdoo Personal details Born November 22, 1837 Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died July 6, 1934 (aged 96) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Resting place Graceland…
Portrait by Harris & Ewing, 1914
McAdoo in his youth
President Woodrow Wilson's commission of Treasury Secretary McAdoo, March 1913
"A long man with a long head". Puck cartoon, 25 April 1914.