ROSTER OF SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY ALEXANDER HAMILTON, of New York. From September 11, 1789, to January 31, 1795. OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR., of Connecticut. From February 2, 1795, to December 31, 1800. SAMUEL DEXTER, of Massachusetts. From January 1, 1801, to May 6, 1801 (see Department of War). ALBERT GALLATIN, of Pennsylvania. From May 14, 1801, to February 9, 1814. GEORGE W. CAMPBELL, of Tennessee. From February 9, 1814, to September 26, 1814. ALEXANDER DALLAS, of Pennsylvania. From October 14, 1814, to October 21, 1816. WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD, of Georgia. From October 22, 1816, to March 3, 1825. RICHARD RUSH, of Pennsylvania. From August 1, 1825, to March 3, 1829. SAMUEL D. INGHAM, of Pennsylvania. From March 6, 1829, to June 20, 1831. LOUIS MCLANE, of Delaware. From August 8, 1831, to May 29, 1833. WILLIAM J. DUANE, of Pennsylvania. From June 1, 1833, to September 23, 1833. ROGER B. TANEY, of Maryland. From September 24, 1833, to June 25, 1834; rejected by Senate (see Department of Justice). LEVI WOODBURY, of New Hampshire. From July 1, 1834, to March 3, 1841. THOMAS EWING, of Ohio. From March 6, 1841, to September 11, 1841. WALTER FORWARD, of Pennsylvania. From September 14, 1841, to February 28, 1843. JOHN C. SPENCER, of New York. From March 8, 1843, to May 2, 1844 (see Department of War). GEORGE M. BIBB, of Kentucky. From July 4, 1844, to March 7, 1845. ROBERT J. WALKER, of Mississippi. From March 8, 1845, to March 5, 1849. WILLIAM M. MEREDITH, of Pennsylvania. From March 8, 1849, to July 22, 1850. THOMAS CORWIN, of Ohio. From July 23, 1850, to March 7, 1853. JAMES GUTHRIE, of Kentucky. From March 8, 1853, to March 6, 1857. HOWELL COBB, of Georgia. From March 7, 1857, to December 8, 1860. PHILIP F. THOMAS, of Maryland. From December 13, 1860, to January 14, 1861. JOHN A. DIX, of New York. From January 15, 1861, to March 6, 1861. SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio. From March 7, 1861, to June 30, 1864. WILLIAM P. FESSENDEN, of Maine. From July 5, 1864, to March 3, 1865. HUGH MCCULLOCH, of Indiana. From March 9, 1865, to March 4, 1869, and from October 31, 1884, to March 7, 1885. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, of Massachusetts. From March 12, 1869, to March 17, 1873. WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON, of Massachusetts. From March 17, 1873, to June 4, 1874. BENJAMIN H. BRISTOW, of Kentucky. From June 4, 1874, to June 20, 1876. LOT M. MORRILL, of Maine. From July 7, 1876, to March 9, 1877. JOHN SHERMAN, of Ohio. From March 10, 1877, to March 3, 1881. WILLIAM WINDOM, of Minnesota. From March 8, 1881, to November 14, 1881, and from March 7, 1889, to January 29, 1891. CHARLES J. FOLGER, of New York. From November 14, 1881, to September 4, 1884. WALTER Q. GRESHAM, of Illinois. From September 25, 1884, to October 29, 1884 (see Department of State). DANIEL MANNING, of New York. From March 8, 1885, to March 31, 1887. CHARLES S. FAIRCHILD, of New York. From April 1, 1887, to March 6, 1889. CHARLES FOSTER, of Ohio. From February 25, 1891, to March 7, 1893. JOHN G. CARLISLE, of Kentucky. From March 7, 1893, to March 6, 1897. LYMAN J. GAGE, of Illinois. From March 6, 1897, to January 31, 1902. LESLIE M. SHAW, of Iowa. From February 1, 1902, to March 4, 1907. GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, of New York. From March 4, 1907, to March 4, 1909. FRANKLIN MCVEAGH, of Illinois. From March 5, 1909, to March 6, 1913. WILLIAM G. MCADOO, of New York. From March 6, 1913, to December 15, 1918. CARTER GLASS, of Virginia. From December 16, 1918, to February 2, 1920. DAVID M. HOUSTON, of Texas. From February 3, 1920, to March 4, 1921 (see Department of ANDREW WILLIAM MELLON, of Pennsylvania. From March 4, 1921. Samuel J. Dexter was serving as Secretary of War when appointed Secretary of the Treasury. Richard Rush served as Attorney General in the cabinet of President Monroe. Louis McLane was serving as Secretary of the Treasury when he was transferred to the State Department by President Jackson. William J. Duane was peremptorily dismissed from the cabinet by President Jackson, September 23, 1833. Roger B. Taney was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Jackson, September 24, 1833, during a recess of the Senate. His name was not sent to the Senate until June 23, 1834. The nomination was rejected by the Senate the next day. Mr. Taney was serving as Attorney General when he was transferred to the Treasury Department by President Jackson. Levi Woodbury was serving as Secretary of the Navy when appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Jackson. Thomas Ewing served as Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Taylor. He was Secretary of the Treasury in the cabinet of President William Henry Harrison when that President died, and was Secretary of the Interior when President Taylor died. John C. Spencer was Secretary of War when transferred to the Treasury Department by President Tyler. Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts, was nominated Secretary of the Treasury by President Tyler, March 3, 1843. The nomination was rejected the same day. James S. Greene, of New Jersey, was nominated Secretary of the Treasury by President Tyler, June 14, 1844. The nomination was rejected the next day. David Tod, of Ohio, was nominated by President Lincoln as Secretary of the Treasury, June 30, 1864, but his name was withdrawn the next day. On February 13, 1865, President Lincoln nominated Edwin D. Morgan, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury, to take effect March 3 of that year. Mr. Morgan declined the office and his name was withdrawn the next day. President Arthur nominated Mr. Morgan for the same position, October 24, 1881. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate on the same day, but Mr. Morgan again declined. Hugh McCulloch served as Secretary under three Presidents-Lincoln, Johnson and Arthur. Alexander T. Stewart, of New York, was nominated for Secretary of the Treasury by President Grant, March 5, 1869. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate on the same day. On the ninth Mr. Stewart declined, owing to the fact that he was ineligible under the law of September 2, 1789. John Sherman served as Secretary of State in the cabinet of President McKinley. Secretaries William Windom and Charles J. Folger died while holding the office. Walter Q. Gresham was Postmaster General when appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Arthur. He later served as Secretary of State in the cabinet of President Cleveland. A BIOGRAPHIES OF SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY ALEXANDER HAMILTON LEXANDER HAMILTON-Secretary of the Treasury from September 11, 1789, to January 31, 1795. Born on the Island of Nevis, January 11, 1757. Educated at King's (now Columbia) College, New York. Married, December 14, 1780, Miss Elizabeth Schuyler. Died, July 12, 1804, in New York city. 1776-Captain of Artillery in the Revolutionary Army. 1782-Receiver of Continental Taxes for New York. 1782-Member Continental Congress. 1786-Delegate to Annapolis Convention. 1787-Delegate to Constitutional Convention. 1787-Member Continental Congress. 1788-Member New York Legislature. 1788 Delegate to New York Convention to ratify the Constitution. 1789 Secretary of the Treasury. Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury and the organizer of the financial system of the United States, was born on the Island of Nevis. There has always been an uncertainty as to his parentage. As a boy he displayed a wonderful capacity for gathering knowledge and managed to pick up a rude and desultory education. At the age of eleven years he was placed in the counting-room of a merchant as an apprentice to the commercial business. Such was the ability he displayed that before he was twelve years of age he was left largely in control of the business and financial affairs of his employer. He displayed a talent for writing and a vivid description of a disastrous hurricane which swept over the island, written by him, attracted the attention of the public-spirited citizens and he was sent to New York to complete his education. He landed in Baltimore in October, 1772. He was then but fifteen years of age. He proceeded to New York and presented the letters of introduction that had been given him and almost immediately entered a grammar school. He pursued his studies with such energy and such power to absorb knowledge that in one year he was ready to enter college. It was at a time when the public mind was greatly agitated over the acts of the British Parliament and young Hamilton at once took his stand on the side of the patriots. At that time New York city was strongly Tory; in fact, a majority of the people of the state of New York were opposed to resistance to the mother country. A call was issued for a congress composed of delegates from the various colonies. and New York was invited to join in the movement. The friends of the patriot cause in the city of New York, for the purpose of bringing a |