This politician married into the family of Cleveland railroad tycoon Amasa Stone, and he is the subject of John Taliaferro's recent biography All the Great Prizes.
This politician married into the family of Cleveland railroad tycoon Amasa Stone, and he is the subject of John Taliaferro's recent biography All the Great Prizes. A policy implemented by this cabinet member was based on a memorandum authored by William Rockhill. This cabinet member pressured the Sultan of Morocco to accept the outrageous demands of the bandit Raisuli, who had kidnapped a Greek-American playboy named Ion Perdicaris. With John George Nicolay, this man co-wrote a ten-volume biography of (*) Abraham Lincoln based on his experience as the President's personal secretary. While occupying his best-known post, this politician, who coined the phrase "splendid little war," promoted the Open Door Policy and signed a treaty establishing the Panama Canal Zone with Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla. For 10 points, name this predecessor of Elihu Root as Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
This politician married into the family of Cleveland railroad tycoon Amasa Stone, and he is the subject of John Taliaferro's recent biography All the Great Prizes.
John Milton  Hay