In 1910, he ran unsuccessfully as the Republican candidate for governor of New York, and after a stint in the cabinet he served as a colonel of field artillery during World War I. After serving President Coolidge as a special representative to Nicaragua, he spent two years as governor-general of the Philippines, and went on to chair American delega
In 1910, he ran unsuccessfully as the Republican candidate for governor of New York, and after a stint in the cabinet he served as a colonel of field artillery during World War I. After serving President Coolidge as a special representative to Nicaragua, he spent two years as governor-general of the Philippines, and went on to chair American delegations to the London Naval Conference and the Geneva Disarmament Conference. FTP, identify this statesman, the first American to serve in the cabinets of four Presidents, as Secretary of War under Taft, State under Hoover, and War again under F.D.R. and Truman.
In 1910, he ran unsuccessfully as the Republican candidate for governor of New York, and after a stint in the cabinet he served as a colonel of field artillery during World War I.
Henry Lewis {Stimson}