George B. Cortelyou
| George B. Cortelyou | |
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| 1st United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor | |
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In office February 18, 1903 – June 30, 1904 |
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| President | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Victor H. Metcalf |
| 42nd United States Postmaster General | |
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In office March 6, 1905 – January 14, 1907 |
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| President | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Robert J. Wynne |
| Succeeded by | George von L. Meyer |
| 44th United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
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In office March 4, 1907 – March 7, 1909 |
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| President |
Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft (3 days) |
| Preceded by | Leslie M. Shaw |
| Succeeded by | Franklin MacVeagh |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 26, 1862 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | October 23, 1940 (aged 78) Long Island City, New York, United States |
| Resting place | Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lilly Morris Hinds Cortelyou |
| Alma mater |
Massachusetts State Normal School Georgetown University George Washington University |
| Profession | Politician |
George Bruce Cortelyou (July 26, 1862 – October 23, 1940) was an American Presidential Cabinet secretary of the early twentieth century, having been appointed to three such posts by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Cortelyou was born in New York City to Rose (née Seary) and Peter Crolius Cortelyou, Jr. He was part of an old New Netherland family whose immigrant ancestor, Jacques Cortelyou, arrived in 1652. He was educated at public schools in Brooklyn, the Nazareth Hall Military Academy in Pennsylvania, and the Hempstead Institute on Long Island.
At 20, Cortelyou received a BA degree from Westfield Normal School, now Westfield State University, a teacher's college in Westfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the law schools of George Washington University and Georgetown University. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity while at George Washington University. Courtelyou then began teaching, later taking a stenography course and mastering shorthand. Cortelyou married the former Lily Morris Hinds on September 15, 1888, with whom he had five children.
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 S. Bissell. Cleveland recommended him as a personal secretary to his successor, William McKinley. Cortelyou was working on improvements in office efficiency in 1901, when President McKinley was assassinated.
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