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unusual facts about Secretary of the Treasury



Ammi B. Young

As a sort of compensation, he was appointed in 1852 as the first Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department, a position created by Thomas Corwin, Secretary of the Treasury during the Fillmore administration.

Benjamin Civiletti

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr. and Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal also resigned the same day.

Committee on Department Methods

The Commission's members were Charles H. Keep, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman of the Commission, James R. Garfield, Gifford Pinchot, Frank H. Hitchcock and Lawrence O. Murray.

Coons v. Geithner

The suit aims to prevent the bill from taking effect, and names as defendants four high-ranking officials within the federal government, -- President Barack Obama, Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder.

Edith Efron

In the 1970s, she was also ghostwriter for former Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon's book A Time For Truth.

Executive Order 6102

There was a need to strengthen Executive Order 6102, as the one prosecution under the order was ruled invalid by federal judge John M. Woolsey, on the grounds that the order was signed by the President, not the Secretary of the Treasury as required.

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

Jefferson nickel

After the Fine Arts Commission recommendation, the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, approved the design.

Jill E. Sommers

She also serves as the Commission designee to the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, which is chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury and was established to improve the financial literacy and education of U.S. citizens.

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.

Lakewood Heights, Atlanta

One section of Lakewood Heights is Oak Knoll, which was noted in a 1937 meeting between Techwood Homes organizer Charles Forrest Palmer, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr..

Michele Davis

From 1997 to January 2001, Michele served as Communications Director for the House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas), during which time she advised Congressional leadership on communications strategy for the House agenda and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs under Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill.

Mr. and Mrs. America

Mr. and Mrs. America contains a series of pre-taped messages from leading figures in American life, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, the presidents of the AFL, CIO, US Chamber of Commerce, and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr..

Radical Republican

Lincoln put all factions in his cabinet, including Radicals like Salmon P. Chase (Secretary of the Treasury), whom he later appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, James Speed (Attorney General) and Edwin M. Stanton (Secretary of War).

Sonia Steinman Gold

Sonia Gold received an appointment after Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Harry Dexter White was asked by the Communist Party USA underground secret apparatus to place her within his office.

Timothy S. Bitsberger

In October 2001, United States Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill selected Bitsberger to an Advisor of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets Richard S. Carnell.

USCGC Sherman

Two ships of the United States Coast Guard or its antecedent services have borne the name Sherman, in honor of John Sherman (1823–1900), who was Secretary of the Treasury during the Hayes administration (1877–1881).

W. Hugh Woodin

He is the great-grandson of William Hartman Woodin, former Secretary of the Treasury.

William J. Duane

In 1833, President Andrew Jackson appointed Duane Secretary of the Treasury.


see also

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs

The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs is the head of the Office of Legislative Affairs in the United States Department of the Treasury.

Bradley A. Buckles

Bradley A. Buckles was sworn in as the fifth Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on December 20, 1999 by Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers.

Bretton Woods Committee

The Bretton Woods Committee is an American organization created in 1983 as a result of the agreement between U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Fowler, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Charls Walker

Charles G. DeWitt

On March 22, 1831, he was appointed by Secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham as one of three Commissioners of Insolvency for the Southern District of New York.

Chase City, Virginia

Chase City was incorporated in 1873 and named for Salmon P. Chase, United States Chief Justice and Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury.

Cortelyou

George B. Cortelyou (1862–1940), first US Secretary of Commerce and Labor and later Secretary of the Treasury

David Bernier

At least once during his term, the acting governorship has been delegated to Attorney General Luis Sánchez Betances when both the Governor and Bernier have been absent, and when General Sánchez Betances has also been away, Secretary of the Treasury Melba Acosta has served as Acting Governor.

Gallatin National Forest

The forest is named after Albert Gallatin (1761–1849), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and scholar of Native American languages and cultures.

Gertrude Emerson Sen

She was the daughter of Alfred Emerson, Sr., and the granddaughter of Deborah Hall, the wife of Samuel D. Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury (1829-31) under US President Andrew Jackson.

Great Recession in the United States

On September 17, 2008, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke advised Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson that a large amount of public money would be needed to stabilize the financial system.

Henry Morgenthau

Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1891 - 1967), United States Secretary of the Treasury

Jesús F. Méndez

Within three days of his swearing in, he began a rare two-day term as Acting Governor when Gov. Fortuño, as well as the next two officers that precede the Secretary of the Treasury in the line of gubernatorial succession, McClintock and Attorney General Guillermo Somoza, were simultaneously in Washington DC.

John Snow

John W. Snow (born 1939), American politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury

José Ignacio Zenteno

In 1814, he became the secretary of Supreme Director Francisco de la Lastra, and was forced after the defeat of Rancagua, together with other patriots, to emigrate to Mendoza, Argentina, where, soon after his arrival, he was appointed secretary of the treasury of that province.

K. P. Chen

In 1938 when the Chinese Ambassador Wellington Koo called on U. S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau to seek financial aid, the U. S. Secretary told him it might be advisable for the Chinese Government to send K. P. Chen (whom Morgenthau had negotiated with in the past) to America to enquire after credit for the purchase of flour and grain goods.

Kimmitt

Robert M. Kimmitt (born 1947), United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush

Lemuel H. Wells

A week after his graduation from Berkeley, Wells married Elizabeth Folger, ward of Charles J. Folger, Secretary of the Treasury.

Liberty bond

Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo reacted to the sales problems by creating an aggressive campaign to popularize the bonds.

MacVeagh

Franklin MacVeagh (1837–1934), American banker and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; brother of Wayne

Mário Garnero

Throughout the years, Garnero became a personal friend of some of the most influential personalities in the world, including Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon, US Secretary of Defense William Cohen, banker and statesman David Rockefeller and Jacob Rothschild, US Presidents Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, among others.

Mitchelville

Help came from two sources: from the philanthropic northerners whom Sherman requested assistance from (such as that given by the American Missionary Association); and from Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, who sent his colleague and outspoken opponent of slavery Edward L. Pierce to Port Royal to examine and eventually oversee the government effort regarding the freed slaves.

Morgenthau

Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1891–1967), United States Secretary of the Treasury and proponent of the Morgenthau Plan

Portland Rum Riot

The prosecutor was former U.S. Attorney General Nathan Clifford, and the defense attorney was later U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury William P. Fessenden.

Public Credit Act of 1869

The issuance of greenbacks and the sale of government bonds to finance the war were led by the Secretary of the Treasury at the time, Salmon P. Chase (Geisst, 53-54).

Robert P. Strauss

In addition to his scholarly activities, he has extensive public service experience at the US Treasury as a Brookings Economic Policy Fellow and assistant to the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (1970-1972), at the Joint Committee on Taxation (1975-8), and a variety of state and local governments.

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.

Tom Cryer

The court rejected Cryer's second motion, in which Cryer had argued that the Secretary of the Treasury had failed to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act by not publishing certain information in the Federal Register.

Walt Disney's World War II propaganda production

Disney created “The New Spirit” (1942) after a request from the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr, to make Americans accept the payment of income taxes.

William Edward Lavery

Among them, the National Conference of Christians and Jews presented him with the Brotherhood Award, the governor of Virginia appointed him to serve on the Commission on Virginia’s Transportation in the 21st Century, United States President Ronald Reagan named him chair of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, and the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury appointed him to the National Savings Bond Committee, where he chaired the Higher Education Industry Campaign.

William Harvey Gibson

Among Gibson's early schoolmates were Anson Burlingame (diplomat), Consul Wilshire Butterfield (author and historian), O. D. Conger (U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator from Michigan), and Charles Foster (35th Governor of Ohio and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury).

William McAdoo

William Gibbs McAdoo (1863–1941), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Senator from California