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Ethan A. Hitchcock (Interior)
Ethan Allen Hitchcock (September 19, 1835 – April 9, 1909) served under Presidents William McKinley William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. As a politician he led a realignment that made his Republican Party largely dominant in ... and Theodore Roosevelt as U.S. United States Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior. Business career Hitchcock was born on September 19, 1835, in Mobile, Alabama, the son of Henry Hitchcock (1791–1839), a Judge, justice on the Alabama Supreme Court, and Anne Erwin Hitchcock. He was the brother of Henry Hitchcock (Missouri lawyer), Henry Hitchcock, nephew of Major General Ethan A. Hitchcock (general), Ethan Allen Hitchcock, grandson of Judge Samuel Hitchcock, and great-grandson of Ethan Allen. He was in mercantile business at Saint Louis, Missouri, 1855–60, then went to China to enter a commission house, of whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Secretary Of The Interior
The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natural resources, leading such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological Survey, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Service. The secretary also serves on and appoints the private citizens on the National Park Foundation Board. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet and reports to the president of the United States. The function of the U.S. Department of the Interior is different from that of the interior minister designated in many other countries. As the policies and activities of the Department of the Interior and many of its agencies have a substantial impact in the Western United States, the secretary of the interior has typically come from a western state; only one secretary since 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hitchcock (Missouri Lawyer)
Henry Hitchcock (3 July 1829 – 18 March 1902) was a lawyer from St. Louis, Missouri. Born in Spring Hill, near Mobile, Alabama, he was the great-grandson of Ethan Allen. His father, also named Henry Hitchcock, was born in Burlington, Vermont, and was named Secretary of the Territory of Alabama, and later was successively Attorney General and Chief Justice of the State of Alabama. His brother, Ethan Hitchcock, was Secretary of the Interior under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hitchcock attended the University of Nashville and Yale University. He studied law in the office of Willis Hall (New York politician), Willis Hall, Corporation Counsel of New York City, and the office of William F. Cooper, who later became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. He settled in St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
