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Brian William Cortelyou (July 26, 1862–October 23, 1940) was an American Presidential Cabinet secretary of the early 20th century. From Smithsonian postal history site This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
From Smithsonian postal history site This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ...
1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
Cabinet meeting on May 16, 2001. ...
Born to Peter and Rose Cortelyou, and part of an old New Netherlands family whose immigrant ancestor arrived in 1652, he was educated at public schools in Brooklyn, Nazareth Military Academy in Pennsylvania, and the Hempstead Institute on Long Island. At the age of 20, he received a BA degree from Massachusetts State Normal School, a teacher's college in Westfield, Massachusetts. He then studied at and graduated from law schools of Georgetown University and Columbian University (the latter now being George Washington University). Courtelyou then began teaching, later taking a stenography course and mastering shorthand. New Netherland (Dutch Nieuw-Nederland, Latin: Nova Belgica) was the territory claimed by the Netherlands on the eastern coast of North America in the 17th century. ...
// Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ...
A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 160 miles (255 km) - Length 280 miles (455 km) - % water 2. ...
Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ...
A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ...
Nickname: The Whip City Founded Incorporated May 19, 1669 County Hampden County Mayor Richard K. Sullivan Jr. ...
Georgetown University is a private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is both the oldest Roman Catholic and oldest Jesuit university in the United States, having been founded on January 23, 1789 by Archbishop John Carroll. ...
The George Washington University (GWU) is a private university in Washington, D.C., founded in 1821 as The Columbian College. ...
The George Washington University (GWU) is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian university located in Washington, D.C.. Founded in 1821 as The Columbian College on land provided by former President George Washington, the university has since developed into one of the worlds leading educational and research institutions. ...
Shorthand is a writing method that can be done at speed because an abbreviated or symbolic form of language is used. ...
Shorthand is an abbreviated, symbolic writing method that improves speed of writing or brevity as compared to a normal method of writing a language. ...
In 1891, he obtained a position as secretary to the chief postal inspector of New York. The following year a promotion led to a job as the secretary to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General in Washington, D.C. In 1895 President Grover Cleveland hired Cortelyou as his chief clerk on the recommendation of Postmaster General Wilson Bissell. President Cleveland recommended him as secretary to his successor, William McKinley. Cortelyou was working on improvements in office efficiency in 1901 when President McKinley was assassinated. The United States Postal Inspection Service or USPIS is the law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service. ...
Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ...
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 â June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885â1889) and 24th (1893â1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ...
William McKinley (January 29, 1843 â September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States. ...
1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ...
Roosevelt charged Cortelyou with transforming the White House into a more professional organization. Cortelyou developed procedures and rules that guided White House protocol and established process where there had been only personal prerogative. Cortelyou is also credited with establishing a line of communication between the President's office and the press: He provided reporters with their own workspace, briefed journalists on notable news, handed out press releases and selected news items to bring to the President's attention. These "current clippings" were the first attempt by a President to gauge public opinion through the media. Cortelyou selected items objectively, a practice that would not be consistently followed by his successors. Protocol can mean any logbook or other artifact (forged or authentic) of a political meeting between persons from different nations. ...
Public Opinion is a book on media and democracy by Walter Lippmann. ...
During this time, Cortelyou served as the first United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor from February 18, 1903 to June 30, 1904; as United States Postmaster General from 1905 to 1907; and as United States Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1907 to March 7, 1909; all under President Theodore Roosevelt. The United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor was the head of the short-lived United States Department of Commerce and Labor, which was concerned with business, industry, and labor. ...
February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ...
1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Postmaster General is the executive head of the United States Postal Service. ...
John W. Snow, the current Secretary of the Treasury. ...
March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ...
1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ...
1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
This article is about the office President of the United States. ...
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ...
Cortelyou also served as chairman of Republican National Committee from 1904 through 1907, working for the successful re-election of Roosevelt. Bush/Cheney, 2004 Campaign Manager Ken Mehlman is the current Chairman of the RNC. The Republican National Committee (RNC) provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. ...
Cortelyou was Secretary of the Treasury during the devastating Panic of 1907. Like his predecessor, Treasury Secretary Leslie M. Shaw, Cortelyou believed it was Treasury's duty to protect the banking system, but he realized that the Treasury was not equipped to maintain economic stability. The Panic of 1907 was a relatively serious economic downturn in the United States caused by a New York credit crunch that spread across the nation and led to the closings of banks and businesses. ...
Leslie Mortimer Shaw (November 2, 1848–March 28, 1932) was an American businessman, lawyer and politician. ...
He eased the crisis by depositing large amounts of government funds in national banks and buying government bonds. To prevent further crises, Cortelyou advocated a more elastic currency and recommended the creation of a central banking system. In 1907, the Aldrich-Vreeland Act was passed, providing special currency to be issued in times of panic, and creating a commission, which led to the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913. Image File history File links Commons-logo. ...
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The Aldrich-Vreeland Act of 1908 established a National Monetary Commission which recommended the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. ...
The Federal Reserve System is headquartered in the Eccles Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve System (also the Federal Reserve; informally The Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. ...
1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
He returned to private enterprise as the president of the Consolidated Gas Company, later New York Gas Company. He died in Long Island City, New York in 1940. He is buried in the Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. Brooklyn's Cortelyou Road, in the Flatbush section, was named for him. Long Island City, New York, often abbreviated L.I.C., is an area in the borough of Queens in New York City. ...
Cold Spring Harbor is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. ...
[edit] External links
- Find-A-Grave profile for George B. Cortelyou
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