Herbert Livingston Satterlee
| Herbert Livingston Satterlee | |
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Satterlee circa 1915
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| Assistant Secretary of the Navy | |
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In office December 3, 1908 – March 5, 1909 |
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| Appointed by | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Truman Handy Newberry |
| Succeeded by | Beekman Winthrop |
| Assistant Secretary of the Treasury | |
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In office 1906–1907 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 31, 1863 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 14, 1947 (aged 83) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Louisa Pierpont Morgan (m. 1900; her death 1946) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | George Bowen Satterlee Sarah Wilcox |
| Education |
Columbia University Columbia Law School |
Herbert Livingston Satterlee (October 31, 1863 – July 14, 1947) was an American lawyer, writer, and businessman who served as the United States United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and then the Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1908 to 1909.
Herbert Livingston Satterlee was born in New York City in 1863. He was the son of George Bowen Satterlee (1833–1903) and Sarah Brady Wilcox (b. 1836). His siblings included Marion Satterlee and Richard T. Satterlee.
Through his paternal grandmother, Mary LeRoy (née Livingston) Satterlee (1811–1886), he is a member of the Livingston family and a direct descendant of Robert Livingston, the 1st Lord of Livingston Manor. His uncle was Henry Yates Satterlee (1843–1908), the Episcopal Bishop of New York.
Satterlee graduated from Columbia University with an undergraduate B.S. degree in 1884 as well was Columbia Law School with a Ph.D. and LL.B. law degree in 1885.
Satterlee was admitted to the bar in New York in 1185, entering the office of Evarts, Choate and Beeman. During the Spanish–American War, he volunteered for duty in the Navy, serving as a lieutenant in the Navy Department in Washington.
Before and after the war, Satterlee pursued a successful law practice, focused primarily on corporate law and commercial law. Together with George F. Canfield and Harlan Fiske Stone, he was a founding law partner of Satterlee, Canfield & Stone, a predecessor of the present-day firm Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP.
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