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Roy D. Chapin

Personal data
Date of birthFebruary 23, 1880
Place of birthLansing, Michigan
United States
Date of deathFebruary 16, 1936
Place of deathDetroit, Michigan
Political partyRepublican
Sixth United States Secretary of Commerce
In officeAugust 8, 1932 - March 3, 1933
PresidentHerbert Hoover
Succeeded byDaniel C. Roper
Preceded byRobert P. Lamont

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Roy Dikeman Chapin (February 23, 1880 - February 16, 1936) was an American industrialist and automaker. He also served as the United States Secretary of Commerce from August 8, 1932, to March 3, 1933, in the last months of the administration of President Herbert Hoover.

Chapin was born in 1880 in Lansing, Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan. He married Inez Tiedeman in 1914. The couple had six children. One son, Roy D. Chapin Jr., would also pursue a career with Hudson Motor Company, eventually leading American Motors Corporation.

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Marilyn D. Woodward - Newzjunky.com Tweet this news
Newzjunky.com--She married Bernard -Chapin- in the early 1950s. She married her second husband, the late Chester -Roy- "Chet" Woodard on June 24, 1963. ... - Date : Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:35:04 GMT+00:00
Heating oil to get cleaner, industry says - New Britain Herald Tweet this news
New Britain Herald--Richard -Roy-, -D--Milford. Ranking member state Rep Clark -Chapin-, R-New Milford, state Rep. Bryan Hurlbert, -D--Ashford, and other legislators helped make this a ... - Date : Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:15:31 GMT+00:00
100+ vintage clocks will be sold June 18 by Converse - News-antique.com (press release) Tweet this news
News-antique.com (press release)--The example has an interesting provenance, in that it was purchased in the 1920s and sat in the office of industrialist -Roy D-. -Chapin-, who was Secretary of ... - Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 18:55:24 GMT+00:00
Marathon du Mont Saint-Michel. Les 100 premiers - Ouest-France Tweet this news
Ouest-France---D-. Legay, 2h41'11 / 20. S. Briand, 2h41'42 / 21. J. Viaud, 2h41'42 / 22. F. Hamon, 2h41'59 / 23. V. -Chapin-, 2h42'21 / 24. I. Martinache, 2h43'34 / 25. ... - Date : Sun, 09 May 2010 13:37:04 GMT+00:00
Frisbee golf and the importance of an active youth - St. James Plaindealer Tweet this news
St. James Plaindealer--They were in Steve -Chapin's- phy ed class reaping the benefits of a donation from the late -Roy- Jenkins. The youngsters were playing frisbee golf, ... - Date : Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:49:18 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
Robert P. Lamont
United States Secretary of Commerce
Served under: Herbert Hoover

August 8, 1932 - March 3, 1933
Succeeded by
Daniel Calhoun Roper


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

Cabinet of President Herbert Hoover (1929 �1933)

Vice PresidentCharles Curtis (1929 �1933)
Secretary of StateFrank B. Kellogg (1929) * Henry L. Stimson (1929 �1933)
Secretary of WarJames William Good (1929) * Patrick J. Hurley (1929 �1933)
Secretary of the TreasuryAndrew W. Mellon (1929 �1932) * Ogden L. Mills (1932 �1933)
Attorney GeneralWilliam D. Mitchell (1929 �1933)
Postmaster GeneralWalter Folger Brown (1929 �1933)
Secretary of the NavyCharles Francis Adams III (1929 �1933)
Secretary of the InteriorRay Lyman Wilbur (1929 �1933)
Secretary of the AgricultureArthur M. Hyde (1929 �1933)
Secretary of CommerceRobert P. Lamont (1929 �1932) * Roy D. Chapin (1932 �1933)
Secretary of LaborJames J. Davis (1929 �1930) * William N. Doak (1930 �1933)

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over 80,000
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50,000 to 80,000
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Counties in MSALapeer * Livingston * Macomb * Oakland * St. Clair * Wayne
Counties in CSAGenesee * Monroe * Washtenaw
RegionSoutheast Michigan
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