James W. Wadsworth Jr.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. was an American politician, a Republican from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the grandson of Union General James S. Wad
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Time, December 28, 1925
Photograph of Miss Alice Hay, taken between 1890 and 1920 by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Hay, Wadsworth's wife, served as president of NAOWS
Elihu Root
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Elihu Root was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and the 38th Unit
James W. Wadsworth Jr.
…Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Charles Curtis United States Senator from New York In office March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1927 Preceded by Elihu Root Succeeded by Robert F. Wagner Speaker of the New York Assembly In office January 1906 – December 31, 1910 Preceded by S. Frederick Nixon Succeeded by…
Portrait by George Prince, 1902
Though Root avoided politics to the extent possible, his relationship with President Chester A. Arthur culminated in appointment as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
A Bob Satterfield cartoon depicts the forced retirement of Commanding General Nelson A. Miles.
Root and his successor, William Howard Taft, c. 1904