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George Bruce Cortelyou (July 26, 1862 – October 23, 1940) was an American cabinet secretary of the early twentieth century. He served in various capacities in the presidential administrations of Grover Cleveland , William McKinley , and Theodore Roosevelt .
Cortelyou anxiously watched the time; about halfway through the ten minutes allotted, he sent word to Babcock to have the doors closed when the presidential secretary raised his hand. Seeing Cortelyou looking at his watch, Babcock moved towards the doors. [41] As the reception continued, the organist played works by Johann Sebastian Bach.
George Bruce Cortelyou: Lambda (George Washington), 1896 President of the Consolidated Gas Company (now ConEd), 1909–1935. First United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Also served as United States Postmaster General and United States Secretary of the Treasury. Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1904, and manager of the ...
Zudora (1914–1915), a 20-part serial whose first installment was released just over three months after producer Charles J. Hite's death in an automobile accident; Hite was on the way to his home in New Rochelle, New York, and was crossing the viaduct at 155th Street in Manhattan when his vehicle skidded off the roadway and onto the sidewalk, tore through an iron railing and plunged fifty ...
Cortelyou is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jacques Cortelyou (c. 1625–1693), Surveyor General of New Netherland; George B. Cortelyou (1862–1940), first US Secretary of Commerce and Labor and later Secretary of the Treasury; Philip Cortelyou Johnson (1906–2005), American architect
George Arliss: 1930: Abraham Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln: Walter Huston: Billy the Kid: Billy the Kid: Johnny Mack Brown: A Lady's Morals: Jenny Lind: Grace Moore: The Loves of Robert Burns: Robert Burns: Joseph Hislop: Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern: Ludwig II of Bavaria: William Dieterle: 1931: Alexander Hamilton: Alexander Hamilton ...
For most of McKinley's time in office, George B. Cortelyou served as the president's personal secretary. Cortelyou acted as the de facto White House press secretary and chief of staff. [33] Vice President Garret Hobart, as was customary at the time, was not invited to Cabinet meetings, but he proved a valuable adviser to McKinley.
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