Harold Theodore "Theo" Tate (December 28, 1875 - October 23, 1960) was the 26th

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from May 31, 1928 until January 17, 1929, serving under President

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. While holding that post, his duties included being the signatory on United States currency. He was born on December 28, 1875, the son of Allen S. Tate and Ariana Peck Tate of Grainger County, Tennessee. His father Allen was the assistant Attorney General in the

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under President

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. H.T. Tate had previously served as Deputy Treasurer of the United States, and one of his duties in that post included signing the President's paycheck. His signature was the first to be included on the modern sized United States paper money as Treasurer of the United States. Managing money seems to have run in this family. H. T. Tate's brother Ernest served as Treasurer of the Southern Railway, headquartered at 15th and K Street N.W. in

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, just a few blocks away from the

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. H.T. Tate died on October 23, 1960 and is buried in Emma Jarnagin Cemetery in

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* ''Leaves from the Family Tree'', by Penelope Johnson Allen, reprinted in The Chattanooga Sunday Times, December 6, 1936 (This article erroneously names Oscar Tate as Treasurer of the United States. Oscar was the brother of H. T. Tate.). * Excerpts from ''History of Tennessee'', The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Nashville, TN 1887. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tate, Harold Theodore People from Rutledge, Tennessee People from Grainger County, Tennessee Treasurers of the United States