Gifford Pinchot was an American forester and politician. He served as the fourth chief of the U.S. Division of Forestry, as the first head of the United States Forest Service, and as the 28th governor of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Republican Party for most of his life, though he joined the Progressive Party for a brief period.

Richard Achilles Ballinger was mayor of Seattle, Washington, from 1904–1906, Commissioner of the United States General Land Office from 1907–1908 and U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1909–1911.