Show aa 0 rid W wi 4 it z 4 MOANA Y H awl 14 az R T P amey 5 wom cac j CL can arzy wo geoe mm PHE TUFTS TAFTS OFFICIAL FAMILY SKETCHES OF THE NINE EMINENT MEN FORMING HIS CABINET C KNOX HEADS THE GROUP GROU p I 1 pennsylvanian Is secretary of state franklin macveagh chicago merchant I 1 holds the treasury llo ilo jacob M dickinson tennessee democrat to manage the army affairs oi of the agricultural depart ment left in james wilsons Wil sons hands philander chase knox of of pennsylvania secretary of state in tho the cabinet of president taft was born at brownsville Browns ville pa in 1853 ho he was graduated from mount union college ohio 10 in 1872 and three years later was admitted to the bar during the years 1876 and 1877 he served as assistant united states district attorney lor for the western district of pennsylvania in the latter year lie he formed a law partnership iship with james 11 reed which still exists and which has represented many mank larie large corporations including the carnegie company mr air knox entered president cabinet as attorney general in april 1901 serving until 1904 whop when lie he was elected united states senator from Pensyl vanta the latter position he resigned to become the head of president tafts cabinet macveagh for the treasury franklin macveagh secretary of the treasury frea sury was born on a farm in chester county pennsylvania graduated from froin yale in 1862 and from columbia law school in 1864 ile he be gan the practice of law in new york city but ill III health forced him to abandon 1 it and in 1865 he went to chicago and engaged in the wholesale grocery business in this and other commercial pursuits lie he has amassed a large fortune before entering the cabinet he ha dis disposed rosed of ills his holdings in the ble big grocery firm and resigned as director of the commercial Comme Vom mercial iclal national bank of chicago mr macveagh has always been interested in movements for the public welfare locally and nationally ile he has been president of tho the chicago citizens association the chicago dureau bureau of charities and the municipal art league vice president of the american civic association and chairman of the immigration department of the national civic federation mr air macveagh formerly was a democrat and in 1894 he wag waa nominated for united states senator by the democrats of illinois but was defeated in the legislature he supported grover Clevela cleveland ild but afterward changed his party allegiance because of the attitude of the democratic party on tho the money question dickinson la Is war secretary jacob at dickinson of tennessee and chicago the new secretary of war was born in 1851 at columbus miss flee he graduated from the verr f nashville in 1872 and after w wa r aled ted law at columbia college at v university of leipsic and in parts paris ire he served several times by special commission on the supreme bench of tennessee and was assistant attorney general of the united trilled states in 1895 97 wilson retains his place only one member of the roosevelt cabinet retains ills his portfolio under mr air tatt taft that la Is james wilson of iowa secretary of 0 agriculture so excellent cel lent had been his work in that post tion that there was no serious talk of making ma king a change dorn born in scotland in 1835 mr wilson came to the ahe united states ln in 1852 and three years later settled in lova iowa in 1861 he engaged in farming in tama county he was a member of the iowa assembly for three sessions dad and speaker of the house for one session and also was a J member of the iowa state railway commission in 1873 he was elected to congress serving two terms and was sent to the national legislature again for one term in 1883 ile he was waa regent of the state university of iowa in 1870 74 7 1 and in 1800 was wag made director of the agricultural experiment peri ment ont station and professor of agri culture at the iowa agricultural college ames allies la ia in 1897 lie he became secretary of agriculture postmaster master general hitchcock tho the first cabinet officer selected by mr taft after his election was waa frank 11 hitchcock of massachusetts who aavo up his place as drat assistant postmaster general to manage successfully the taft presidential campaign lie ho has been bean given the alio office of postmaster general in the new cabinet mr air hitchcock was born at amherst 0 in 1867 and graduated from froin haryard harvard in 1891 and front from columbia law school in 1894 since 1891 lie he has been a government oM official cial nagel has commerce portfolio missouri has been rewarded for its switch to the republican column by the appointment of charles nagel Rs as secretary of commerce and labor mr nagel Is a leading lawyer of st louis and the west he was born in texas in 1849 moved to st louis when a child and graduated from the st louis law school in 1873 lie he has been senior member of the law firm of nagel kirby professor in the st louis law school and a trustee of washington university in 1881 83 lie ho was vas n member of the missouri house ouse of representatives and in 1893 97 was president of the st qt louis city counell council ile he is a me member biber of the republican national committee arid and for years tins has been tin an intimate friend of mr taft he was one of mr Roosevel ts most enthusiastic supporters As an attorney mr air nagel was identified with several important cases dealing with the numerous complications in the affairs of the five civilized tribes in the then lalan indian territory navy under meyers charge president tafts secretary of the navy geprge von L algyer of massachusetts chu has had wide experience as a business man legislator diplomat and cabinet offie officer cr lie he was born in boston in 1858 and graduated from harvard in 1879 ile he then entered business and lias has been prominently connected with a number of financial and merean mercantile file concerns his career jas as a public official lelal off began in 1889 18 89 when lie he was elected to the boston common council ile he then served on the board of aldermen and in 1892 96 he was a member ot of the massachusetts ture the last two years being speaker of the house I 1 in mr meyer was sent to 1 italy I ta ly as Ameil can 6 ambassador abbass ador and in 1905 was transferred to russia in january 1907 president roosevelt called him home to enter his cabinet as postmaster general this portfolio lie he has relinquished for that of the navy ballinger Bailing cr secretary of interior after about one years service as commissioner of the general land office richard A ballinger of seattle wash has entered the cabinet as aa secretary of the interior he Is a native of iowa having been born in boonesboro Boone in 1858 after attending the university of kansas and washburn college at topeka he be went to ns college graduating in 1884 and afterward studying law and removing to washington he was united states court commissioner in 1890 92 and later was judge of the supreme court in jefferson county wash attorney general wickersham george NV wickersham who becomes president tafts attorney gen oral cral has had the reputation of being one of the ablest lawyers in new ne w york city born in ia pittsburg in 1858 ho he studied civil engineering in lehigh university and in 1880 graduated from the law school of the university of pennsylvania for two too years he practiced law in philadelphia in 1884 he became associated with the law firm of strong Cadwal ladare to which henry W tatt taft brother of the dent belongs |