George B Cortelyou
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George B. Cortelyou

Personal data
Date of birthJuly 26, 1862
Place of birthNew York City, New York, U.S.
Date of deathOctober 23, 1940(age 78)
Place of deathLong Island City, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLilly Morris Hinds Cortelyou
Alma materMassachusetts State Normal School
Georgetown University
Columbian University
ProfessionPolitician
1st United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor
In officeFebruary 18, 1903 - June 30, 1904
Succeeded byVictor H. Metcalf
Preceded by(none)
42nd United States Postmaster General
In officeMarch 6, 1905 - January 14, 1907
Succeeded byGeorge von L. Meyer
Preceded byRobert J. Wynne
44th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In officeMarch 4, 1907 - March 7, 1909
Succeeded byFranklin MacVeagh
Preceded byLeslie M. Shaw

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George Bruce Cortelyou (July 26, 1862 - October 23, 1940) was an American Presidential Cabinet secretary of the early 20th century.

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Political offices
Preceded by
New office
United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Served under: Theodore Roosevelt

February 18, 1903 - June 30, 1904
Succeeded by
Victor H. Metcalf
Preceded by
Robert J. Wynne
United States Postmaster General
Served under: Theodore Roosevelt

March 6, 1905 - January 14, 1907
Succeeded by
George von L. Meyer
Preceded by
Leslie M. Shaw
United States Secretary of the Treasury
Served under: Theodore Roosevelt

March 4, 1907 - March 4, 1909
Succeeded by
Franklin MacVeagh
Party political offices
Preceded by
Henry Clay Payne
Chairman of the Republican National Committee
1904 - 1907
Succeeded by
Harry S. New

United States Secretaries of Commerce

Secretaries of Commerce & LaborCortelyou * Metcalf * Straus * Nagel
Secretaries of CommerceRedfield * Alexander * Hoover * Whiting * Lamont * Chapin * Roper * Hopkins * Jones * Wallace * Harriman * Sawyer * Weeks * Strauss * Mueller * Hodges * Connor * Trowbridge * Smith * Stans * Peterson * Dent * Morton * Richardson * Kreps * Klutznick * Baldrige * Verity * Mosbacher * Franklin * Brown * Kantor * Daley * Mineta * Evans * Gutierrez * Locke

United States Secretaries of Labor

Secretaries of Commerce & LaborCortelyou * Metcalf * Straus * Nagel
Secretaries of LaborWilson * Davis * Doak * Perkins * Schwellenbach * Tobin * Durkin * Mitchell * Goldberg * Wirtz * Shultz * Hodgson * Brennan * Dunlop * Usery * Marshall * Donovan * Brock * McLaughlin * Dole * Martin * Reich * Herman * Chao * Solis

United States Postmasters General

ConfederalFranklin * Bache * Hazard
FederalOsgood * Pickering * Habersham * G. Granger * Meigs * McLean
Cabinet levelBarry * Kendall * Niles * F. Granger * Wickliffe * Johnson * Collamer * Hall * Hubbard * Campbell * A. Brown * Holt * King * Blair * Dennison * Randall * Creswell * Marshall * Jewell * Tyner * Key * Maynard * James * Howe * Gresham * Hatton * Vilas * Dickinson * Wanamaker * Bissell * Wilson * Gary * Smith * Payne * Wynne * Cortelyou * Meyer * Hitchcock * Burleson * Hays * Work * New * W. Brown * Farley * Walker * Hannegan * Donaldson * Summerfield * Day * Gronouski * O'Brien * Watson * Blount
U.S. Postal ServiceBlount * Klassen * Bailar * Bolger * Carlin * Casey * Tisch * Frank * Runyon * Henderson * Potter

United States Secretaries of the Treasury

Hamilton * Wolcott * Dexter * Gallatin * Campbell * Dallas * Crawford * Rush * Ingham * McLane * Duane * Taney * Woodbury * Ewing * Forward * Spencer * Bibb * Walker * Meredith * Corwin * Guthrie * Cobb * Thomas * Dix * Chase * Fessenden * McCulloch * Boutwell * Richardson * Bristow * Morrill * Sherman * Windom * Folger * Gresham * McCulloch * Manning * Fairchild * Windom * Foster * Carlisle * Gage * Shaw * Cortelyou * MacVeagh * McAdoo * Glass * Houston * Mellon * Mills * Woodin * Morgenthau * Vinson * Snyder * Humphrey * Anderson * Dillon * Fowler * Barr * Kennedy * Connally * Shultz * Simon * Blumenthal * Miller * Regan * Baker * Brady * Bentsen * Rubin * Summers * O'Neill * Snow * Paulson * Geithner

Cabinet of President Theodore Roosevelt (1901 �1909)

Vice PresidentNone (1901 �1905) * Charles W. Fairbanks (1905 �1909)
Secretary of StateJohn M. Hay (1901 �1905) * Elihu Root (1905 �1909) * Robert Bacon (1909)
Secretary of the TreasuryLyman J. Gage (1901 �1902) * Leslie M. Shaw (1902 �1907) * George B. Cortelyou (1907 �1909)
Secretary of WarElihu Root (1901 �1904) * William H. Taft (1904 �1908) * Luke E. Wright (1908 �1909)
Attorney GeneralPhilander C. Knox (1901 �1904) * William H. Moody (1904 �1906) * Charles J. Bonaparte (1906 �1909)
Postmaster GeneralCharles E. Smith (1901 �1902) * Henry C. Payne (1902 �1904) * Robert J. Wynne (1904 �1905) * George B. Cortelyou (1905 �1907) * George von L. Meyer (1907 �1909)
Secretary of the NavyJohn D. Long (1901 �1902) * William H. Moody (1902 �1904) * Paul Morton (1904 �1905) * Charles J. Bonaparte (1905 �1906) * Victor H. Metcalf (1906 �1908) * Truman H. Newberry (1908 �1909)
Secretary of the InteriorEthan A. Hitchcock (1901 �1907) * James R. Garfield (1907 �1909)
Secretary of AgricultureJames Wilson (1901 �1909)
Secretary of Commerce and LaborGeorge B. Cortelyou (1903 �1904) * Victor H. Metcalf (1904 �1906) * Oscar S. Straus (1906 �1909)



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