Show NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK oscar solomon stra lis who has baa been nomina nominated for governor of now new york fork by tho the progressives Progress ives of that otate has tho the distinction of being th tb drat jew who ever became a member af of af the united states cabinet in 1900 Y AY 0 Y he be was appointed appoint od secretary of corn com N 10 0 pierce nerce and labor by president theodore ja t roosevelt mr straus was waa born on december 83 13 1860 1850 and spent most moat of hla his boyhood N in georgia at tho ago of ten he ha was vas placed under the care of i a private tutor and later was sent to col institute to in 1865 lazarus astraus tho the father suffered buffered business reverses reve raea and was compelled to move to io now york taking the son eon with him soon boon after the family bad moved Y to now new york oscar straus entered columbia 4 gram mar school where he be remained for two years yeara going from there fehere to columbia college from which institution he was graduated in 1871 two years later ho he graduated from C columbia law school in 1887 president cleveland and appointed mr straus minister to turkey after a rimar remarkably kablY successful mission he was waa re appointed to the th office of president mckinley mckenley itt III 1897 |