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McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941

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Personal name headingMcAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941
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Variant(s)McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941
McAdoo, William, 1863-1941
Birth date1863-10-31
Death date1941-02-01
Place of birthMarietta (Ga.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLawyers Legislators
Found inNUCMC 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.)
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