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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.
George Bruce Cortelyou was born in New York City on July 26, 1862, graduating from the State Normal School of Westfield, Massachusetts, in 1882 and from Georgetown University Law School in 1895. He began his career as a stenographer and typist with the U.S. Customs service.
In 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt appointed George Bruce Cortelyou (1862 - 1940) to his third Cabinet position, as Secretary of the Treasury. Previously, and also under Roosevelt, he had been the first head of the Department of Commerce and Labor and had served as Postmaster General.
20 de may. de 2012 · Probably, the most influential White House secretary was George B. Cortelyou who served Presidents Grover Cleveland, William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Cortelyou is credited with creating systems that are still used today in the modern White House press office.
George Bruce Cortelyou (kôr´təlyōō), 1862–1940, American public official and business executive, b. New York City. He taught school, and after learning stenography, he became secretary to several New York City and federal officials.
The papers of George B. Cortelyou, public official and presidential secretary, were deposited in the Library of Congress in 1942 by his wife, Lily Hinds Cortelyou, and son, George B. Cortelyou, Jr., and converted to a gift in 1966 by various members of the Cortelyou family.
Summary. Correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, diaries, subject files, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Cortelyou's duties as secretary to Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt; to his service as U.S. secretary of commerce and labor, U.S. postmaster general, and U.S. secretary of the treasury; and to his work ...
