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Peter J. Brennan (1973–1974)

… War II, he served with the U.S. Naval Reserve. He was president of the New York City Building and Construction Trades Council from 1957 to 1973, president of the New York State Building and Construction …

James D. Cameron (1876–1877)

… -- first as a clerk, then as cashier, and ultimately as president. In 1863, during the Civil War, Cameron became president of his father’s railroad, the Northern Central, and …

James C. McReynolds (1913–1914)

… University in 1882 and followed in the footsteps of the President he would serve, Woodrow Wilson, by studying law at … 1, 1941, voting down most New Deal measures during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt. He died on August 24, 1946, …

Frank C. Walker (1940–1945)

… 1931, Walker became a founding member of the Roosevelt for President Society. President Roosevelt named him treasurer of … in 1932, and Walker was subsequently appointed to the president's emergency council, later renamed the National …

Frank C. Walker (1945)

… 1931, Walker became a founding member of the Roosevelt for President Society. President Roosevelt named him treasurer of … in 1932, and Walker was subsequently appointed to the president's emergency council, later renamed the National …

Chester A. Arthur: Foreign Affairs

… domestic affairs dominated the Arthur administration, his presidency is remembered for having taken the crucial first … over any canal built through the Isthmus of Panama. President Grover Cleveland, Arthur's successor, later …

F. David Matthews (1975–1977)

… taught history at the University of Alabama, becoming vice president of the university, and then, in 1969, its president. He left the presidency in 1975 to assume a position with the …

Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1959–1961)

… Thomas Gates was secretary of defense under President Eisenhower from December 2, 1959, to January 20, … University of Pennsylvania, where his father later became president, and joined his father's investment firm, Drexel …

C. Douglas Dillon (1963–1965)

… from 1931 to 1936 prior to becoming director and eventual president of the U.S. and Foreign Securities Corporation. In 1938, he was appointed the vice president and director of the Dillon, Read Company, and was …

Emily Donelson, Sarah Jackson

… the hostessing duties during the first few years of his presidency. Rachel Donelson Jackson was no stranger to the … anticipated even greater tortures upon his inauguration as President in 1829. More interested in religion than in public … assume the hostessing duties that were now expected of the President's wife. The grieving widower asked his …

Harriet Lane

… When James Buchanan became the first bachelor President, various rumors circulated in Washington society … Victoria. During James Buchanan's 1856 campaign for the presidency, Harriet hosted events which helped promote his …

Charles G. Dawes

… assassinated in September and Theodore Roosevelt became President, Dawes no longer had support from the … vote was taken and resulted in a tie, which Dawes, as the presiding officer of the Senate, could have resolved. By the …

Charles Duncan, Jr. (1979–1981)

… moving on to become a businessman. Duncan served as the president of Duncan Foods Co. from 1958 to 1964 and as president of the Coca-Cola Co. from 1971 to 1974. From 1977 …

Louis McLane (1833–1834)

… of Representatives (1817-1827) and the Senate (1827-1829). President Andrew Jackson appointed him minister … Following his tenure in the cabinet, McLane became president of the Morris Canal & Banking Company of New York, …

Louis McLane (1831–1833)

… of Representatives (1817-1827) and the Senate (1827-1829). President Andrew Jackson appointed him minister … Following his tenure in the cabinet, McLane became president of the Morris Canal & Banking Company of New York, …

William M. Meredith (1850–1850)

… to the practice of law. From 1834 to 1839, he was president of the Select Council of Philadelphia, also … Claims settlement. He was also a delegate and chief presiding officer at another state constitutional convention …

William M. Meredith (1849–1850)

… to the practice of law. From 1834 to 1839, he was president of the Select Council of Philadelphia, also … Claims settlement. He was also a delegate and chief presiding officer at another state constitutional convention …

Timothy F. Geithner (2009-2013)

… undersecretary of that department in the administration of President Bill Clinton. In 2001, Geithner left the Treasury … and South Korean economies. Prior to his selection as President-Elect Barack Obama's secretary of the Treasury, …

Chuck Hagel (2013-2015)

… to Congressman John McCollister of Nebraska. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated him to serve as deputy … its director until 1987. In the early 1990s, he worked as president of an investment banking firm. From 1997 until …

Henry C. Payne (1902–1904)

… Republicans Club in 1872 to support the reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant, who rewarded Payne by appointing … service, and electric lighting. Aside from becoming vice president of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, Payne's …