NameWilliam Gibbs McAdoo II
Birth31 Oct 1863, Marietta, GA
Death1 Feb 1941, Washington, D.C.
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He Divorced on 25 JUL 1935 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California from Eleanor Wilson, daughter of President Woodrow Wilson.
McAdoo, William Gibbs (1863-1941), served as secretary of the treasury in President Woodrow Wilson's Cabinet from 1913 to 1918. The Federal Reserve System was created during his term (see ). He also served as director general of United States railroads from 1917 to 1919, while the government operated them as a wartime measure. McAdoo became president of the New York and New Jersey Railroad in 1902, and built the first traffic tunnels under the Hudson River. He served as acting chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1912, when Wilson was first elected president. He was a Democratic U.S. senator from California from 1933 to 1938. McAdoo was born near Marietta, Georgia, and attended the University of Tennessee
Spouses
Birth5 Oct 1889, Middletown, CT
Death5 Apr 1967, Montecito, CA
FatherThomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
MotherEllen Louise Axson (1860-1914)
Marriage7 May 1914, The White House, Washington, D.C.
2Sarah Hazelhurst Fleming
Birth26 Dec 1866, Savannah, GA
Death21 Feb 1912, Irvington-on-Hudson, NY
FatherAllEmbeds John Sayre
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