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Ogden Livingston Mills (August 23, 1884 – October 11, 1937) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as United States Secretary of the Treasury in President Herbert Hoover's cabinet, during which time Mills pushed for tax increases, spending cuts and other austerity measures that would deepen the economic crisis.
Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park, also known as Mills Memorial State Park, [1] is a 750-acre (3.0 km 2) state park [2] located in Staatsburg in Dutchess County, New York. It is off U.S. Route 9 , between Rhinebeck to the north and Hyde Park to the south, at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m) [ 1 ] above sea level.
Livingston mansion, frontage. The Staatsburgh State Historic Site preserves a Beaux-Arts mansion designed by McKim, Mead, and White and the home's surrounding landscape in the hamlet of Staatsburg, Dutchess County, New York, United States. The historic site is located within Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park. [1]
Ogden Mills was born on December 18, 1856, in Sacramento, California, to Jane Templeton Cunningham and Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910). [2] His father was a highly successful banker and investor who, upon his death in 1910, left Ogden Mills and his sister, Elisabeth Mills, who married Whitelaw Reid an estate valued at $36,227,391. [3]
Ogden Mills (brother-in-law) Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck ( née Livingston; August 12, 1855 – November 4, 1943) was an American born member of the Livingston family who married a British Member of Parliament from the Cavendish-Bentinck family and was a prominent member of New York Society during the Gilded Age .
The NYSDEC Norrie Point Environmental Center is located within the park. Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park is a 356-acre (1.44 km 2) state park [2] in Dutchess County, New York in the United States.
Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park: Taconic: Dutchess: 630 acres (250 ha) 203,730: Hudson River: Includes the Dinsmore Golf Course and a bird conservation area. [10] [153] Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park: Taconic: Westchester: 216 acres (87 ha) 1968 [154] 1,009,221: Old Erie Canal State Historic Park: Central: Madison ...
She was born on 19 July 1883 in Newport, Rhode Island to some of the most prominent and wealthy American families. She was the daughter of the American financier Ogden Mills and Ruth (née Livingston) Mills (1855–1920). [2]