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8 de oct. de 2017 · William Gibbs McAdoo, a leading figure in American politics in the early twentieth century, began his political career in Chattanooga in the 1880s. He was born in Marietta, Georgia, in 1863, but later moved with his family to Knoxville, where his father taught at the University of Tennessee. McAdoo attended that institution for three years ...
21 de sept. de 2018 · William Gibbs McAdoo developed and oversaw the construction of the Hudson River Tunnels, acting as president of the company which operated them from 1902-1913. He served as vice chairman for the Democratic National Committee in 1912 and as a delegate for the Democratic National Convention in the years 1912, 1932, and 1936.
William Gibbs McAdoo, né le 31 octobre 1863 à Marietta (Géorgie) et mort le 1 er février 1941 à Washington (district de Columbia) [1], [2], [3], est un avocat et homme politique américain. Membre du Parti démocrate , il est secrétaire du Trésor entre 1913 et 1918 dans l' administration du président Woodrow Wilson dont il a épousé la fille cadette Eleanor, puis sénateur de ...
that William Gibbs McAdoo was, next to Woodrow Wilson, "the ablest and most energetic member of the Administration." He continued that he only needed access to the McAdoo papers to make his "re? searches complete" for the purpose of a multi-volume study of Wilson and his times. The collection, presented to the Library by Mr. Francis H. McAdoo in
William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. is an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 to 1929. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 46th Secretary of the Treasury under his father-in-law Woodrow Wilson. Born in Marietta, Georgia to a prominent Southern family, McAdoo attended the University of Tennessee and was admitted to the bar ...
William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941), the son-in-law of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, acted as the latter's Treasury Secretary from 1913 until 1919. Sponsored Links McAdoo hoped to avoid U.S. participation in World War One by offering loans to the Allied powers at favourable terms; he also acted to encourage continued U.S. trade with Europe in the meantime by guaranteeing marine insurance.
Abstract. This dissertation is a biography of William Gibbs McAdoo, one of the most important American political leaders in the 20th century, but one of the least known, despite a set of achievements that greatly affected the American polity at the time they occurred, and have continued to generate effects in the following generations.
