William C Redfield
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William C. Redfield

Personal data
Date of birthJune 18, 1858
Place of birthAlbany, New York, U.S.
Date of deathJune 13, 1932(age 73)
Place of deathNew York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocrat
ProfessionPolitician
1st United States Secretary of Commerce
In officeMarch 5, 1913 - October 31, 1919
Succeeded byJoshua W. Alexander
Preceded by(none)

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William Cox Redfield (June 18, 1858 - June 13, 1932) was a Democratic politician from New York. He served as the first United States Secretary of Commerce from 1913 to 1919 after the division of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Previously, Redfield served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1911 to 1913 and was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the vice presidency in 1912.

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Political offices
Preceded by
New office		United States Secretary of Commerce
Served under: Woodrow Wilson
March 5, 1913 - October 31, 1919		Succeeded by
Joshua W. Alexander


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 Woodrow Wilson (1913 �1921)

Vice PresidentThomas R. Marshall (1913 �1921)
Secretary of StateWilliam Jennings Bryan (1913 �1915) * Robert Lansing (1915 �1920) * Bainbridge Colby (1920 �1921)
Secretary of the TreasuryWilliam Gibbs McAdoo (1913 �1918) * Carter Glass (1918 �1920) * David F. Houston (1920 �1921)
Secretary of WarLindley Miller Garrison (1913 �1916) * Newton D. Baker (1916 �1921)
Attorney GeneralJames Clark McReynolds (1913 �1914) * Thomas W. Gregory (1914 �1919) * Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1919 �1921)
Postmaster GeneralAlbert S. Burleson (1913 �1921)
Secretary of the NavyJosephus Daniels (1913 �1921)
Secretary of the InteriorFranklin Knight Lane (1913 �1920) * John Barton Payne (1920 �1921)
Secretary of AgricultureDavid F. Houston (1913 �1920) * Edwin Meredith (1920 �1921)
Secretary of CommerceWilliam C. Redfield (1913 �1919) * Joshua W. Alexander (1919 �1921)
Secretary of LaborWilliam B. Wilson (1912 �1921)



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