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unusual facts about Lathrop & Gage


John Hiram Lathrop

His son is Gardiner Lathrop who was founder of the Kansas City law firm Lathrop & Gage.


A. S. Gage Ranch

Today’s ranch is only a part of what was a once much larger operation founded in 1883 by Alfred S. Gage.

Alfred S. Gage

Alfred Stevens Gage (February 6, 1860– June 23, 1928) was an American rancher and businessman who founded the A. S. Gage Ranch in west Texas.

Charles S. Keith House

After the sale of the house, Charles Keith later went on to gain additional public notoriety when he accepted the position of interim mayor of Kansas City in 1940 between Bryce B. Smith's resignation and the inauguration of John B. Gage.

First Chicago Bank

Lyman J. GageSecretary of the Treasury under William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt was a former bank president, who ascended the organization after beginning as a cashier

John B. Gage

He was to cut the city budget by $700,000, hired city manager L.P. Cookingham, and began to expand the city limits.

John Wilkie

The decision to appoint Wilkie was made by Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, who wanted to experiment with placing a newspaper man at the head of the bureau.

L. M. Shaw

Like his predecessor Secretary Lyman Gage, Shaw firmly believed that the Treasury should serve the money market in times of difficulty through the introduction of Treasury funds.

Lyman J. Gage

Afterwards be became successively assistant cashier, vice-president and president of the First National Bank of Chicago, one of the strongest financial institutions in the Middle West.

Samuel Wesley Stratton

He won the support for his plans from Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage and in March 1901, President William McKinley appointed him the first director of the National Bureau of Standards.


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