| Birth: | Mar. 24, 1855
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania, USA | | Death: | Aug. 26, 1937
Southampton
Suffolk County
New York, USA | 
49th Secretary of the Treasury (1921-1932), serving under Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. In 1937, he gave to the Nation his magnificent art collection, plus $10 million, to build the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Upon leaving the Treasury Department and President Hoover's Cabinet in February 1932, Mellon accepted the post of U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, serving for one year and then retiring to private life. (bio by: Ryan Gleason)
Search Amazon for Andrew Mellon | | | Burial:
Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
Upperville
Fauquier County
Virginia, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Ryan Gleason
Record added: Nov 16, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 8092909 |
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Andrew William Mellon: Sir, you will be known as an American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and 49th Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 to February 12, 1932. You served for ten years and eleven months; the third-longest te...(Read more)
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MFPS
Added: Mar. 24, 2013 |
Mr. Secretary, we could sure use your fiscal good sense today!
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Soljerblue
Added: Nov. 4, 2012 |
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Debra"Polly"~♫ღ♫~
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