Show PRESIDENT TAfTS OfFICIAL FAMilY SKETCHES OF THE NINE EMINENT MEN FORMING FORM-ING HIS CABINET P C KNOX HEADS THE GROUP Pennsylvanian Is Secretary of State Franklin MacVeagh Chicago Merchant Mer-chant Holds the Treasury Portfolio Portfo-lio Jacob M Dickinson Tennessee Democrat to Manage the Army Affairs of the Agricultural Department Depart-ment Left In James Wilsons Hands Philander Chase Knox of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania secretary of state In the cabinet cab-inet of President Taft was born at Brownsville Pa in 1853 He was graduated from Mount Union college Ohio In 1872 and three years later was admitted to the bar During the years 1876 and 1877 he served as assistant as-sistant United States district attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania In the Inttnr year he formed a law partnership with James H Reed which still exists and which has represented rep-resented many large corporations Including In-cluding the Carneglo Company Mr Knox entered President McKlnleys cabinet as attorney General in April 190J sewing until 1904 when he was elected United States senator from Pensylvanla Tho latter position ho resigned to become the head of President Presi-dent Tafts cabinet Wilson Retains His Place Only one member of the Roosevelt cabinet retains his portfolio under Mr Taft That Is James Wilson of Iowa secretary of agriculture So excellent ex-cellent had been his work In that position posi-tion that there was no serious talk of making a chango Horn In Scotland in 1835 Mr Wilson camo to the United States in 1852 and three years Inter settled in Iowa In 1861 ho engaged In farming In Tama county He was a member of the Iowa assembly for three sessions and speaker of the house for one session and also was a member of the Iowa stale railway commission In 1873 ho was elected to congress serving two terms and was sent to tho national legislature again for one term in 1883 Ho was regent of the State university of Iowa in 187074 and In 1890 was mado director of tho agricultural experiment ex-periment station and professor of agriculture agri-culture at the Iowa Agricultural college col-lege Ames la In 1897 he became secretary of agriculture MacVeagh for tho Treasury Franklin MauVcagh secretary of the treasury was born on a farm In Chester county Pennsylvania graduated gradu-ated from Yam in 1862 and from Columbia Law school in 1864 Ho began be-gan tho practice of law In Now York city but Illhealth forced him to abandon aban-don It and In 1865 ho wont to Chicago and engaged in the wholesale grocer business In this and other commercial commer-cial pursuits he has amassed a large fortune Before entering the cabinet ho disposed of his holdings In the big grocery firm and resigned as director of the Commercial National bank of Chicago Mr MacVeagh has always been Interested in movements for the public welfare locally and nationally Dickinson Is War Secretary Jacob M Dickinson of Tennessee and Chicago the now secretary of war was born In 1851 at Columbus Miss Ho graduated from the University Uni-versity of Nashville in 1S72 and afterward after-ward studied law at Columbia college at tho University of Lclpslr and In Paris Ho served several times by special commission on the supreme bench of Tennessee and was assistant assist-ant attorney general of the United States in 189597 Postmaster General Hitchcock The first cabinet officer selected by Mr Taft after his election was Frank H Hitchcock of Massachusetts who gave ip his placo as first assistant postmaster general to manage successfully success-fully NIC Taft presidential campaign He has been given the office of postmaster post-master general in the new cabinet Mr Hitchcock was horn at Amherst 0 In 1867 and graduated from Harvard Har-vard In 1891 and from Columbia Law school In 1894 Since 1891 ho has been a government official Nagel Has Commerce Portfolio Missouri has been rewarded for its switch to the Republican column by the appointment of Charles Nagel as secretary of commerce and labor Mr Nagel Is a leading lawyer of St Louis and the west He was born in Texas in 1349 moved to St Louis when a chlldnnd graduated from the St Louis Law school in 1873 He has been senior member of the law firm I of Nagel fi Kirby professor in tho St Louis Ln school and a trustee of Washington university In 188183 he was a 01 I er of the Missouri house of representatives and in 189397 was president of the St Louis city council coun-cil Ho Is a member of the Republican Repub-lican national committee and for years has been an intimate friend of Mr Taft Ho was one of Mr Roosevelts most enthusiastic supporters As an attorney Mr Nagel was Identified with several Important cases dealing with the numerous complications In the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes In the then Indian territory Navy Under Meyers Charge President Tafts secretary of tho navy George Von L Meyer of Massachusetts Massa-chusetts tins lad wldo experience asa as-a business man legislator diplomat and cabinet officer He was born in Boston in 1858 and graduated from Harvard In 1879 Ho then entered business and has been prominently conecled with a number of financial and mercantile concerns His career as a public official began In 1889 when he was elected to the Boston common council He thru served on the board of aldermen and in 189296 he was a member ot the Massachusetts Isglsla ture the last two years being speaker of tho hous In 1801 Mi Meyer was sent to Italy as American ambassador and in 1905 was trunsfcned to Russia Rus-sia In January 1907 President Roosevelt called him homo to enter his cabinet as postmaster general This portfolio lit has relinquished for that of the navy Mr Moyers home is Hamilton Mass Balllnger Secretary of Interior After about one years service as commissioner ot HIP t general land office of-fice Richard A Balllnger of Seattle Wash has oniered tho cabinet as secretary of the Interior He Is a native of Iowa having been born In Boonesboro In 185 6 After attending the University ot Kansiis and Wash burn college at Topeka he went to Williams college graduating in 1884 and afterward studying law and removing re-moving to Washington Ho was United States court commissioner In 189092 and later was Judge of the supreme court t In Jefferson county Wash Attorney General Wlckeraham George W Wlckcrsham who becomes be-comes President Tafts attorney general gen-eral has had the reputation of being ono of the ablest lawyers In New York city Born In Plttsburg in 1858 he studied civil engineering in Lehigh university and In 1880 graduated from tho law school of the University of Pennsylvania For two years he practiced prac-ticed law In Philadelphia In 1884 ho became associated with tho law firm of Strong Cndwalladnre to which Henry W Taft brother of the prcsl dent belongs |