William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. / ˈ m æ k ə ˌ d uː / (October 31, 1863 – February 1, 1941) was an American lawyer and statesman. McAdoo was a leader of the Progressive movement and played a major role in the administration of his father-in-law President Woodrow Wilson .
William G. McAdoo, in full William Gibbs McAdoo, (born October 31, 1863, near Marietta, Georgia, U.S.—died February 1, 1941, Washington, D.C.), U.S. secretary of the treasury (1913–18), a founder and chairman (1914) of the Federal Reserve Board, and director general of the U.S. railroads during and shortly after World War I (1917–19).
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Died: February 1, 1941. William G. McAdoo was sworn in as the secretary of the Treasury on March 6, 1913. As Treasury secretary, McAdoo was a member of the Reserve Bank Organization Committee (RBOC), which under the Federal Reserve Act was responsible for determining the number and location of Federal Reserve Banks and the boundaries of Federal ...
prev next. William Gibbs McAdoo was the first of three Treasury Secretaries appointed by President Woodrow Wilson. Born near Marietta, Georgia in 1863, McAdoo graduated from the University of Tennessee, where his father was a professor. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1885 and practiced law there until moving in 1892 to New York City ...
11 de jun. de 2018 · William Gibbs McAdoo. One of the ablest Democratic politicians of his time, William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) was a superb administrator and organizer who served as a U.S. senator and a Cabinet officer in Wilson's administration. The son of a southern jurist, William Gibbs McAdoo was born near Marietta, Ga., and educated at the ...
14 de oct. de 2011 · William Gibbs McAdoo, the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and the Origins of the Public-Authority Model of Government Action Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 October 2011 Gail Radford
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