Born: 9 July, 1858 in Boonesboro, IA Died: 6 June, 1922 in Seattle, WA

Graduated from Williams College in 1884 and passed the bar exam in 1886. Williams College is a small, private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. ...

U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1909–11).

Ballinger was mayor of Seattle (1904–1906) and commissioner of the General Land Office (1907–1909). In 1909, President William Howard Taft appointed him Secretary of the Interior. While Secretary, he was accused of having interfered with investigation into the legality of certain private coal-land claims in Alaska. After a series of articles in Collier’s Weekly that roused the conservationists an investigation was demanded. A congressional committee exonerated Ballinger, but the questioning of committee counsel Louis D. Brandeis made the Secretary’s anticonservationism clear. City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Order: 27th President Vice President: James S. Sherman Term of office: March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 Preceded by: Theodore Roosevelt Succeeded by: Woodrow Wilson Date of birth: September 15, 1857 Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio Date of death: March 8, 1930 Place of death: Washington D.C. First Lady... Louis D. Brandeis Louis Dembitz Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 3, 1941) was an important American litigator, Justice, advocate of privacy, and developer of the Brandeis Brief. ...

Ballinger resigned in March, 1911. The incident split the Republican party and helped turn the election of 1912 against Taft. Republican Party is a name used by many political parties. ...

Sec. of Interior under Taft. Opened up Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska for commercial development, much to the dismay of Rooseveltians.

James Rudolph Garfield (October 17, 1865-March 24, 1950) U.S. politician, born in Hiram, Ohio, He was the second of five children born to President James A. Garfield and First Lady Lucretia Garfield. ... The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior, concerned with such matters as national parks and The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...