Wikipedia

George von Lengerke Meyer: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Copyedit (major)
No edit summary
Line 1:
{{Other people|George Meyer}}
{{Infobox US Cabinet officialofficeholder
| name = George von Lengerke Meyer
| image = Portrait of George von Lengerke Meyer.jpg
|office title1 = 40th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]]▼
| order2 = 43rd
| title2 president = [[United StatesWilliam PostmasterHoward GeneralTaft]]
|term_start term_start2 = JanuaryMarch 156, 19071909
|term_end term_end2 = March 4, 19091913
|predecessor predecessor1= [[Truman Handy Newberry|Truman H. Newberry]]▼
| president2 = [[Theodore Roosevelt]]▼
|successor = [[Josephus Daniels]]
| predecessor2 = [[George B. Cortelyou]]▼
|office1 = 43rd [[United States Postmaster General]]
| successor2 = [[Frank H. Hitchcock]]▼
▲| president2president1 = [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
| order1 = 40th
|term_end3term_start1 = January 2615, 1907▼
▲| title1 = [[United States Secretary of the Navy]]
|term_end1 term_start1 = March 64, 1909
▲| predecessor2predecessor1 = [[George B. Cortelyou]]
| term_end1 = March 4, 1913
▲| successor2successor1 = [[Frank H.Harris Hitchcock|Frank Hitchcock]]
| president1 = [[William Howard Taft]]
|office3office2 = [[United States Ambassador to Russia]]▼
▲| predecessor1= [[Truman Handy Newberry|Truman H. Newberry]]
|president2 successor1 = [[JosephusTheodore DanielsRoosevelt]]
|term_end4term_start2 = April 112, 1905▼
|office5 = [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the<br>[[Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|Massachusetts]] [[Massachusetts House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]▼
|term_end2 = January 26, 1907
|term_start5 = 1894▼
|predecessor2 = [[Robert Sanderson McCormick|Robert McCormick]]
|term_end5 = 1896
|preceded5 successor2 = [[WilliamJohn EmersonW. BarrettRiddle]]
|succeeded5office3 = [[JohnUnited States Ambassador L.to BatesItaly]]
|president4president3 = [[William McKinley]]<br>[[Theodore Roosevelt]]▼
|office6 = Member of the<br>[[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]<br>Ninth Suffolk District
|term_start4term_start3 = February 4, 1901▼
|term_start6 = 1892
|term_end6term_end3 = 1896April 1, 1905
|predecessor4predecessor3 = [[William Franklin Draper (politician)|William F. Draper]]▼
|preceded6 =
|successor4successor3 = [[Henry White (diplomat)|Henry White]]▼
|succeeded6 =
▲|office5office4 = [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]]List of the<br>[[SpeakerSpeakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|Massachusetts]]Speaker [[Massachusettsof Housethe ofMassachusetts Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|office7 = [[City of Boston]]<br>Board of Aldermen<br>Fourth Aldermanic District
▲|term_start5term_start4 = 1894
|term_start7 = 1891
|term_end7term_end4 = 18911896
|predecessor4 = [[William Emerson Barrett]]
|preceded7 =
|successor3successor4 = [[John WL. RiddleBates]]▼
|succeeded7 =
| signaturebirth_name = George von Lengerke Meyer signature.jpg▼
|office8 = [[City of Boston]]<br>[[City council|Common Council]]<br/>(Ward 10, 1874-1875; Ward 17, 1876)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1858|6|24|mf=y}}▼
|term_start8 = 1889
| birth_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]]▼
|term_end8 = 1890
| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|3|9|1858|6|24}}▼
|preceded8 =
| death_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]]▼
|succeeded8 =
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]▼
|office4= [[United States Ambassador to Italy]]
|education = [[Harvard University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}
▲|term_start4= February 4, 1901
|signature = George von Lengerke Meyer signature.jpg
▲|term_end4= April 1, 1905
▲|predecessor4= [[William Franklin Draper (politician)|William F. Draper]]
▲|successor4= [[Henry White (diplomat)|Henry White]]
▲|president4= [[William McKinley]]<br>[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
▲|office3= [[United States Ambassador to Russia]]
|term_start3= March 8, 1905
▲|term_end3= January 26, 1907
|predecessor3= [[Robert S. McCormick]]
▲|successor3= [[John W. Riddle]]
|president3= [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
▲| birth_date = {{birth date|1858|6|24|mf=y}}
▲| birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]]
▲| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|3|9|1858|6|24}}
▲| death_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]]
▲| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse =
| profession = [[Politician]]<br>[[Diplomat]]<br>[[Businessperson]]
| religion =
▲| signature = George von Lengerke Meyer signature.jpg
}}
 
'''George von Lengerke Meyer''' (June 24, 1858 – March 9, 1918) was a [[Massachusetts]] businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as United States ambassador to Italy and Russia, as [[United States Postmaster General]] from 1907 to 1909 during the administration of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] from 1909 to 1913 during the administration of President [[William Howard Taft]].
 
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_von_Lengerke_Meyer"