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George von Lengerke Meyer (June 24, 1858 – March 9, 1918) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as United States ambassador to Italy and Russia, as United States Postmaster General from 1907 to 1909 during the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt and ...
Abstract. This collection consists of correspondence, printed matter, letterbooks, scrapbooks, and other papers primarily documenting George von Lengerke Meyer's career as a businessman, ambassador to Italy and Russia, Postmaster General, and Secretary of the Navy.
- Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918
- George von Lengerke Meyer papers
- 1808-1918
14 de may. de 2008 · George von Lengerke Meyer; his life and public services : Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Meyer served as postmaster general in the presidential cabinet of Theodore Roosevelt from March 1907 to March 1909. His achievements included the establishment of postal savings banks and automobile mail collection.
George von Lengerke Meyer (24 June, 1858 – 9 March, 1918) served as the fortieth Secretary of the Navy from 1907 through 1909.
George Meyer, as Lowell did of Josiah Quincy: "This was in all ways a beautiful and fortunate life-fortunate in the goods of this world-fortunate, above all, in the force of character which makes fortune secondary and subservient." Meyer was "well born," as the phrase goes. His father was a suc-cessful merchant, of German descent.
4 de mar. de 2014 · Meyer remained a supporter of Roosevelt and was active in the preparedness movement. He was part of the failed effort to convince Roosevelt to rejoin the Republican Party in 1916 and run for president. Meyer passed away at his home in Boston on March 9, 1918. Sources: “George von Lengerke Meyer.” Miller Center.
