| LC control no. | n 86111164 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941 |
| Variant(s) | McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941 McAdoo, William, 1863-1941 |
| Birth date | 1863-10-31 |
| Death date | 1941-02-01 |
| Place of birth | Marietta (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from LOC, Mss. Div. for Hapgood, N. Papers of Norman and Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, 1823-1974 (William Gibbs McAdoo) LC data base, 4-6-87 (hdg.: McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941; usage: William Gibbs McAdoo; William McAdoo; William G. McAdoo) WwWA, 1943 (McAdoo, William Gibbs; chmn. bd., Amer. Pres. Lines; US Sen.; Sec. Treasury under Wilson (father-in-law); s. Judge William Gibbs & Mary Faith (Floyd) M.; m. Sarah Houstoun Fleming (d. 1912); m. 2nd: Eleanor Randolph Wilson; pres. Hudson & Manhattan RR; Hudson River Tunnels; Sec. Treasury; chmn. Fed. Res.; candidate for Dem. nomination for pres., 1920, 1924) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed October 25, 2023: (McAdoo, William Gibbs, a Senator from California; born on a farm near Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., October 31, 1863; attended the rural schools and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; appointed deputy clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the Southern Division, Eastern District of Tennessee 1882; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in Chattanooga, Tenn.; moved to New York City in 1892 and continued the practice of law; developed the system of rapid-transit tunnels under the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey and from 1902 to 1913 was president of the company which constructed and operated them; vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1912; Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President Woodrow Wilson 1913-1918; during the First World War served as director general of railways, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Farm Loan Board, and the War Finance Corporation; resumed the practice of law in New York City in 1919; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1922 and continued to practice law; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1920 and 1924; author; member of the Democratic National Committee 1932-1940; elected in 1932 as a Democrat to the United States Senate from California and served from March 4, 1933, to November 8, 1938, when he resigned; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938; chairman, Committee on Patents (Seventy-third through Seventy-fifth Congresses); returned to Los Angeles, Calif., and served as chairman of the board of directors of a steamship line; died while on a visit in Washington, D.C., February 1, 1941; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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