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Signed George Cortelyou US Cabinet For 3x US President Theo Roosevelt McKinley and Grover Cleveland. The autograph is guaranteed to pass any 3rd party authentication process such as JSA or PSA.
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.
President Cleveland hired Cortelyou as his chief clerk. On Cleveland's recommendation, McKinley hired Cortelyou as his personal secretary. After the assassination of William McKinley, Roosevelt asked Cortelyou to lead an effort to reorganize the White House.
Impressed with Cortelyou's performance, Roosevelt appointed him United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor in 1903. He left this position in 1904 to become chairman of the Republican National Committee, and in 1905 he also served as Postmaster General. He left both positions to become the United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1907. In this position, he worked to keep the economy stable during the Panic of 1907.
After Roosevelt left office in 1909, Cortelyou became president of the Consolidated Gas Company. He died in 1940
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