George B. Cortelyou

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George B. Cortelyou was an American public official who served in multiple cabinet positions under President Theodore Roosevelt, including as the first head of the Department of Commerce and Labor and later as Secretary of the Treasury.

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George B. Cortelyou canonical 2
George Bruce Cortelyou 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
United States Cabinet member
human
burialPlace Memorial Cemetery of St. John’s Church, Laurel Hollow, New York
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1862-07-26
dateOfDeath 1940-10-23
describedBySource United States government records
historical biographies of Theodore Roosevelt administration
educatedAt Georgetown University
New York University
employer United States government
surface form: United States federal government
familyName Cortelyou
fullName George B. Cortelyou self-linksurface differs
surface form: George Bruce Cortelyou
givenName George
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
middleName Bruce
notableAchievement first United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor
served as Secretary of the Treasury during the Panic of 1907
notableWork organization of the United States Department of Commerce and Labor
reorganization of the White House executive office
numberOfChildren 3
occupation business executive
civil servant
politician
officeEndTime 1904-06-30
1907-03-04
1909-03-07
officeStartTime 1903-02-18
1905-03-06
1907-03-04
placeOfBirth New York
New York City
placeOfDeath New York
New York City
positionHeld Chair of the Republican National Committee
Secretary to the President of the United States
Postmaster General of the United States
surface form: United States Postmaster General

Secretary of Commerce of the United States
surface form: United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor

Secretary of the Treasury
surface form: United States Secretary of the Treasury
religion Presbyterianism
sexOrGender male
spouse Lily Morris Hinds
workedFor Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley

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George B. Cortelyou fullName George B. Cortelyou self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: George Bruce Cortelyou
Panic of 1907 significantPerson George B. Cortelyou