- Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was an Army officer, lawyer, Founding Father, American politician, leading statesman, financier and political theorist. One of America's foremost constitutional lawyers, he was a leader in calling the U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1787; he was one of the two chief authors of the "Federalist Papers", the most important interpretation of the United States Constitution. Hamilton served chiefly as aide-de-camp to General George Washington, … - Lawrence Summers
From 1982 - 1983, he served on the Reagan administration's Council of Economic Advisors. Then in 1993 in the Clinton administration as under-Treasury secretary for international affairs and as Treasury secretary from 1999 - 2001. Earlier from 1991 - 1993, he was chief economist for the World Bank where he authored a controversial memo stating that "the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that." - James Baker
James Addison Baker III (born April 28 1930) served as the Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan's first administration, Secretary of the Treasury from 1985 to 1988 in the second Reagan administration, and Secretary of State in the administration of President George H. W. Bush. He is also the founder of the James Baker Institute. - William E. Simon
William Edward Simon (November 27 1927 - June 3 2000) was a businessman, a Secretary of Treasury of the U.S. for three years, and a philanthropist. He became the 63rd Secretary of the Treasury on May 8 1974, during the Nixon administration. He was reappointed by President Ford and served until 1977. Outside of government, he was a successful businesman and philanthropist. The William E. Simon Foundation carries on this legacy. - Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 - August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the twenty-ninth President of the United States, from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential newspaper publisher with a commanding presence and a flair for public speaking. He served in the Ohio Senate (1899-1903) and later as lieutenant governor of Ohio (1903-1905) and as a U.S. Senator (1915-1921). - John Sherman
John Sherman nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" (May 10, 1823 - October 22, 1900) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. His older brother Charles Taylor Sherman was a US Judge in Ohio, … - Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855 - August 27, 1937) was an American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 until February 12, 1932. He is the only Secretary of the Treasury to have served under three presidents (Harding, Coolidge and Hoover). - Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Henry Morgenthau Jr. 'Henry Morgenthau, Jr . ' ( May 11 , 1891 – February 6 , 1967 ) was Secretary of the Treasury of the United States during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt . He was also the father of Robert M. Morgenthau , the current District Attorney of New York County . - Richard Rush
Richard Rush (August 29, 1780 - July 30, 1859) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second son (and third child) of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and Julia (Stockton) Rush. He entered the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University) at the age of 14, and graduated in 1797 as the youngest member of his class. He was admitted to the bar in 1800, when he was barely 20 years old, … - Nicholas F. Brady
Nicholas Frederick Brady (born April 11 1930, in New York City) was United States Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and is also known for articulating the Brady Plan in March 1989. He was educated at Yale University (B.A., 1952) and Harvard University (M.B.A., 1954). He and his wife, Katherine, have four children. - Thomas Ewing
Thomas Ewing, Sr. (December 28, 1789 - October 26, 1871) was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate as well as serving as the Secretary of the Treasury and the first Secretary of the Interior. Born in West Liberty, Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia). After studying at Ohio University and reading law under Philemon Beecher, Ewing commenced the practice of law in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1816. - Timothy F. Geithner
Timothy F. Geithner became the ninth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on November 17, 2003. In that capacity, he serves as the vice chairman and a permane... ... Before joining the Treasury, Mr. Geithner worked for Kissinger Associates, Inc. - William P. Fessenden
William Pitt Fessenden (October 16, 1806 - September 8, 1869) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Fessenden was a Whig (later a Republican) and member of the Fessenden political family. He served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate before becoming Secretary of the Treasury under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Fessenden was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire. - Floyd Norris
Floyd Norris is the chief financial correspondent of "The New York Times" and "The International Herald Tribune". He writes a regular column on the stock market for the Times, plus a blog. Floyd Norris is one of the best financial writers. He calls the shots without regard to whose toes he's stepping on, whether it be the CEO of a big NYT advertiser, the Chairman of the SEC or the Secretary of the Treasury. - Louis McLane
Louis McLane (May 28 1786 - October 7 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a member of the Federalist Party and later the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. Representative from Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Secretary of State, and President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. - Samuel Dexter
Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761 - May 4, 1816) was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinet. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the Rev. Samuel Dexter, the 4th minister of Dedham, he graduated from Harvard University in 1781 and then studied law at Worcester under Levi Lincoln, Sr., the future Attorney General of the United States. After he passed the bar in 1784, he began practicing in Lunenberg, Massachusetts. - George S. Boutwell
George Sewall Boutwell (January 28, 1818 - February 27, 1905) was an American statesman who served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant. He was also a Governor of Massachusetts, Senator and Representative and the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, he worked as a schoolteacher and shopkeeper for several years in Groton, Massachusetts, before he studied law and then entered politics. - Tench Coxe
Tench Coxe (May 22, 1755- July 17, 1824) was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788-1789. He was initially a Loyalist during the American Revolution when he left the Pennsylvania Militia in 1776 and joined the British Army under Howe in 1777. Coxe was later arrested, paroled, and joined the patriot cause and supported the new government. A proponent of industrialization during the early years of the United States, … - William Jones
William Jones (1760 - September 6, 1831) was an American politician. Jones was born in Philadelphia in 1760. Apprenticed in a shipyard, during the American War of Independence he saw combat in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and later served at sea. In the decades that followed the war he was a successful merchant in Charleston, and in Philadelphia. - Thomas Corwin
Thomas Corwin, also known as Tom Corwin and The Wagon Boy (July 29, 1794 - December 18, 1865) was a politician from the state of Ohio who served as a prosecuting attorney, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, United States House of Representatives, and United States Senate, and as Governor of Ohio and Secretary of the Treasury. Corwin, whose brother Moses Bledso Corwin and nephew Franklin Corwin were also U.S. Representatives, … - James Guthrie
James Guthrie (December 5, 1792 - March 3, 1869) was an American businessman and politician. He was born in Nelson County, Kentucky, studied law and worked as a lawyer until 1827 when he was elected to the Kentucky General Assembly. He served in Kentucky's lower house from 1827 to 1829, and in the upper house, the Kentucky Senate, from 1831 to 1840. Guthrie served as president of Kentucky Constitutional Convention in 1849. - George M. Humphrey
George Magoffin Humphrey (March 8, 1890-January 20, 1970) was an American lawyer, businessman and Cabinet secretary. Raised in Saginaw, Michigan, Humphrey received both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan and was admitted to the Michigan State Bar in 1912. After practicing law in his hometown for five years with his father's firm, he accepted a position with steel manufacturer M. A. Hanna and Company in 1917. - Lyman J. Gage
Lyman Judson Gage (June 28, 1836 - January 26, 1927) was an American financier and Presidential Cabinet officer. He was born at DeRuyter, New York, educated at an academy at Rome, New York, and at the age of 17 he became a bank clerk. In 1853 he removed to Chicago, served for three years as bookkeeper, and in 1858 entered tile banking house of the Merchants Loan and Trust Company, of which he was cashier in 1861-1868. - Ogden L. Mills
Ogden Livingston Mills, Jr. (August 23, 1884 - October 11, 1937) was an American businessman and politician. The son of Ogden and Ruth T. (Livingston) Mills and grandson of Darius O. Mills, who bequeathed to his son a fortune in excess of $40 million amassed in banking, railroad and mining ventures on the Pacific Coast, Mills was born in Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated Harvard University in 1904 and Harvard Law School in 1907. He became a lawyer in New York in 1908. - Richard Darman
Richard (Dick) Gordon Darman (born May 10, 1943) was the Director of the Office of Management and Budget during the administration of George H. W. Bush (1989 - 1993). Darman was regarded as provocative and intelligent by Washington insiders, but is criticized by some economists for being too focused on the budget deficit and is sometimes blamed for convincing Bush to renege on his promise of Read my lips: No new taxes, … - Charles Foster
Charles William Foster, Jr. (April 12, 1828 - January 9, 1904) was a U.S. Republican politician from Ohio. Foster was the 35th Governor of Ohio, and later went on to serve as Secretary of the Treasury under Benjamin Harrison. Foster was born outside of Tiffin, Ohio, and grew up in the western Seneca County boomtown of Rome. This town would merge in 1854 with the nearby town of Risdon to form one city, named Fostoria in honor of Foster, … - Lot M. Morrill
Lot Myrick Morrill (May 13, 1813 - January 10, 1883) was an American statesman who served as Governor of Maine, and in the United States Senate and as Secretary of the Treasury. He was born in Belgrade, Maine, to Peaslee and Nancy (Macomber) Morrill, and studied law at Waterville College, now Colby College. His older brother Anson P. Morrill was also a prominent U.S. statesman. A member of the Republican party, he served in the Maine State Senate from 1854 until 1856, … - Walter Q. Gresham
Walter Quintin Gresham (March 17, 1832 - May 28, 1895) was an American statesman and jurist. He served as United States Postmaster General, as a judge on the United States Courts of Appeals, was a two-time candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and was Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury and Postmaster General. He was also an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. - John Adams Dix
John Adams Dix (July 24, 1798 - April 21, 1879) was an American politician from New York. He served as Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Senator, and Governor. He was also a distinguished Civil War General. - Samuel L. Southard
Samuel Lewis Southard (June 9, 1787 - June 26, 1842) was a prominent U.S. statesman of the early 19th century, serving as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and the 10th Governor of New Jersey. The son of Henry Southard and brother of Isaac Southard, he was born in Basking Ridge, New Jersey and graduated from Princeton University in 1804. After teaching school in New Jersey, he worked for several years as a tutor in Virginia and studied law there. - Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook Inc. Before that she served as Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google. She is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. Sandberg previously served as chief of staff to Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers from 1999 to 2001. She joined Google after the administration of George W. Bush came into office and both Summers and his team left the Treasury. - Sarah Mellon
Sarah Mellon (1903-1965) was the niece of Andrew W. Mellon (Secretary of the Treasury during the Great Depression). She was one of the heirs to the Mellon fortune, including Mellon Bank and major investments in Gulf Oil and Alcoa. In 1957, when "Fortune" prepared its first list of the wealthiest Americans, it estimated that Sarah Mellon, her brother Richard King Mellon, … - Robert Bernard Anderson
Robert Bernard Anderson was an American administrator and businessman. He served as the Secretary of the Navy between 1953 and 1954. He also served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1957 until 1961. Anderson was born in Burleson, Texas. He was a high school teacher prior to entering the University of Texas Law School, from which he graduated in 1932. He thereafter engaged in political, governmental, law and business activities in the state of Texas. - Bob Krueger
Robert Charles Krueger (born September 19, 1935), American politician, is a former U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a former U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party. Born in New Braunfels, Texas, Krueger earned a B.A. from Southern Methodist University in 1957 and an M.A. from Duke University in 1958. He went to Merton College, Oxford earning a D.Phil. in English literature in 1964. - Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, was the wife of the founder of the Federalist party and first Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. She was born in Albany, New York, the second daughter of Philip Schuyler, a revolutionary war general, and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler, one of the richest and most political families in the state of New York. - William P. Wood
William P. Wood was the first Director of the United States Secret Service. He was sworn in on July 5, 1865 by Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch. He then headed the newly formed Secret Service for four years until he resigned in 1869. Wood was a veteran of the Mexican-American War and was once Keeper of the Capital Prison. He was considered the best in battling financial crime, and within a year of it’s founding, … - John Canfield Spencer
John Canfield Spencer (January 8, 1788 - May 18, 1855) was United States Secretary of War from 1841 to 1843 and Secretary of the Treasury from 1843 to 1844 under President John Tyler. Spencer was born in Hudson, New York, the son of Ambrose Spencer. He became secretary to Governor Daniel D. Tompkins in 1807, studied law in Albany, New York and was admitted to the bar in 1809; in the same year, he married Elizabeth Scott Smith. - William John Duane
William John Duane (May 9, 1780 - September 27, 1865) was an Irish born American politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania. Born in Clonmel, Ireland, Duane emigrated to the United States with his father, William Duane, in 1796, settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He assisted his father in publishing the "Aurora", a Philadelphia newspaper, until 1806. He became an influential lawyer and served several terms in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. - William W. Morrow
William W. Morrow was a US Representative from California from 1885–1891. Born near Milton, Wayne County, Indiana, he moved with his parents to Adams County, Illinois in 1845, attended the common schools and received private instruction. He moved to Santa Rosa, California, in 1859, taught school and explored mining regions. Morrow went East in 1862 to join the Union Army and served in the National Rifles of the District of Columbia. - Giuliano Amato
Giuliano Amato (born May 13, 1938) is an Italian politician. He was Prime Minister of Italy twice, first from 1992 to 1993 and then from 2000 to 2001. He was more recently Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted the new European Constitution and headed the Amato Group. He is commonly nicknamed "dottor Sottile", (which means both "Dr. Thin" and "Dr. Subtle", a joke about both his physical thinness and his political insightfulness).
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