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Ogden Livingston Mills 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury In office
February 12, 1932 – March 3, 1933President Herbert Hoover Preceded by Andrew W. Mellon Succeeded by William H. Woodin Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 17th districtIn office
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927Preceded by Herbert C. Pell, Jr. Succeeded by William W. Cohen Personal details Born August 23, 1884 Died October 11, 1937 (aged 53)Spouse(s) Margaret (Rutherfurd) Mills Dukes Murat Sprague (1911-1920) (divorce)
Dorothy (Randolph) Fell (1924-1937) (his death)
Alma mater Harvard University Occupation Politician Military service Service/branch United States Army Years of service 1917-1918 Rank Captain Battles/wars World War I Ogden Livingston Mills (August 23, 1884 – October 11, 1937) was an American businessman and politician.
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Biography
The son of Ogden Mills and Ruth T. Livingston, he had twin sisters Beatrice Mills and Gladys Livingston Mills. Odgen L. Mills was the grandson of Darius O. Mills, who bequeathed to his son a fortune in excess of $40 million amassed in banking, railroad and mining ventures on the Pacific Coast, Mills was born in Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated Harvard University in 1904 and Harvard Law School in 1907. He became a lawyer in New York in 1908.
Mills married Margaret Rutherfurd, step daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt, in France in 1911. They divorced in May, 1920. She would subsequently marry and divorce Sir Paul Dukes (1922–1929), Prince Charles Michael Joachim Napoleon Murat (1929–1939), F.L. Sprague in 1939, before remarrying Prince Charles a second time in 1945.
He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1912, 1916, and 1920.
He served in the New York Senate from 1914 until 1917, when he resigned to enlist in the United States Army, and served with the rank of captain until the close of the First World War.
He was president of the New York State Tax Association and a businessman until he was elected as a Republican to the 67th, 68th and 69th United States Congresses from New York's 17th District, serving from 1921 to 1927. On September 3, 1924, he married his second wife, Mrs. Dorothy Randolph Fell, divorced first wife of the banker John R. Fell.
In 1926, he ran on the Republican ticket for Governor of New York, but was defeated by the incumbent Democrat Al Smith.
He was appointed Undersecretary of the Treasury by President Calvin Coolidge, serving under Secretary Andrew W. Mellon. In this capacity he served from 1927 until 1932 when he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by Herbert Hoover following Mellon's resignation to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James. Mills served until March 3, 1933.
After leaving the Treasury Department, Mills was highly critical of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies. He continued to be active in business, and published his views in two books, What of Tomorrow in 1935 and The Seventeen Million in 1937. The latter was his attempt to provide guidance for those who voted against the New Deal in 1936.
He was a director of some large corporations, like the Lackawanna Steel Company, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Mergenthaler Linotype Company and Shredded Wheat Company.
While in New York, Mills was also an active member of the New York Civitan Club.[1]
Mills died in New York City and is interred in St. James Churchyard, Hyde Park, New York.
On October, 16 2011 a short film loosely based on the life of Ogden L. Mills entitled 'Ogden' was released.[2]
Thoroughbred horse racing
Ogden Mills' sister, Gladys Livingston Mills, married Henry Carnegie Phipps of the prominent Phipps family of Pittsburgh. Ogden and Gladys owned Wheatley Stable, a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation that met with great success and was the foundation of the Phipps racing dynasty. Their stable owned and bred Seabiscuit as well as Bold Ruler who became a leading sire in the United States and whose offspring includes the great Secretariat. Ogden Mills also owned Kantar who won the 1928 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race in France. Ogden Mills' other sister, Beatrice, married Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, whose granddaughter Lady Georgina Forbes has revitalised showjumping in Ireland.
Collections
Both he and his nephew Ogden Phipps inherited his fathers passion for collecting French antiques and works of art. He died October 11, 1937 at age 53.
See also
- List of people on the cover of Time Magazine: 1920s - 4 October 1926
References
- ^ Cundy, Arthur (October 1935). "Why an International!". The Civitan (Birmingham, AL: Civitan International) XVII (2): 17.
- ^ http://sugarnthunder.com/2011/10/30/tales-from-the-internet-mime-wars-royal-flush/
Staatsburgh State Historic Site at www.staatsburgh.org Lady Georgina is leading owner in showjumping - Longford Today at www.longfordleader.ie
New York State Senate Preceded by
Walter HerrickNew York State Senate, 17th District
1915- 1917Succeeded by
Courtlandt NicollUnited States House of Representatives Preceded by
Herbert C. Pell, Jr.Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 17th congressional district
1921–1927Succeeded by
William W. CohenParty political offices Preceded by
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.Republican Nominee for Governor of New York
1926Succeeded by
Albert OttingerPolitical offices Preceded by
Andrew W. MellonUnited States Secretary of the Treasury
Served under: Herbert Hoover
1932–1933Succeeded by
William H. WoodinUnited States Secretaries of the Treasury Hamilton • Wolcott • Dexter • Gallatin • Campbell • Dallas • Crawford • Rush • Ingham • McLane • Duane • Taney • Woodbury • Ewing • Forward • Spencer • Bibb • Walker • Meredith • Corwin • Guthrie • Cobb • Thomas • Dix • Chase • Fessenden • McCulloch • Boutwell • Richardson • Bristow • Morrill • Sherman • Windom • Folger • Gresham • McCulloch • Manning • Fairchild • Windom • Foster • Carlisle • Gage • Shaw • Cortelyou • MacVeagh • McAdoo • Glass • Houston • Mellon • Mills • Woodin • Morgenthau • Vinson • Snyder • Humphrey • Anderson • Dillon • Fowler • Barr • Kennedy • Connally • Shultz • Simon • Blumenthal • Miller • Regan • Baker • Brady • Bentsen • Rubin • Summers • O'Neill • Snow • Paulson • GeithnerCabinet of President Herbert Hoover (1929–1933) Vice President Charles Curtis (1929–1933)Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg (1929) • Henry L. Stimson (1929–1933)Secretary of War James William Good (1929) • Patrick J. Hurley (1929–1933)Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon (1929–1932) • Ogden L. Mills (1932–1933)Attorney General William D. Mitchell (1929–1933)Postmaster General Walter Folger Brown (1929–1933)Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams III (1929–1933)Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur (1929–1933)Secretary of the Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde (1929–1933)Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont (1929–1932) • Roy D. Chapin (1932–1933)Secretary of Labor James J. Davis (1929–1930) • William N. Doak (1930–1933)Categories:- Hoover administration cabinet members
- 1884 births
- 1937 deaths
- American racehorse owners and breeders
- United States Secretaries of the Treasury
- United States presidential candidates, 1936
- Harvard University alumni
- Harvard Law School alumni
- New York Republicans
- New York State Senators
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- Deaths from myocardial infarction
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