The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-10-19
IN THE WAR OFFICE.
STATISTICS CONCERNING PRED.
EcEssoRs OF ELlHu ROOT.

Men Who Have Held the Portf"l q
Lately Resigned BY aeueraI Alser
Since The Earl5 bays of the Unite
states Government.
Since the retirement OF Secretary OF
Nar Alger aud The appointment OF
Elihu Root. much discussion has been
going ON concerning the necessary
qualifications of The men for the ofilee
IL has beeh eontended thai Il man Ia
be lifted Tor Secretary oil War should
hare had experience in warfare, and
that il VAS no. necessary hat The nan
should be lawyer. The statistics
given herewith show TIM Of lie nifty
Secretaries Of War. including Secre-
Htary Alger. twenty three We're .usn Of
legal training aud In nearly Every IN
stanee The! We're college graduates i.
The hiographers state. IA every in
stanee Where ole i designated as IA
LAWYER. that they praeileed law FOR
several years before entering upon a
public career. There were len soldiers
among the secretaries aud three Who
aere taken ffom the medical profrs
slon. In The latter Instance. he men
entered the service as army surgeons.
The accompanying tabulation shows
The SLATE from which the secretaries
Mere appointed. The year OF their ap-
.i,.f a
fession.
Henry Knox, Massachusetts,. 11s9.
soldier.
Timothy Pickering. Massachusetts,.
l1g5. soldier aud statesman.
James MeHenry. Maryland. 1876. sur
geou.
John Marshall. Virginia, 800. law
ser.
Samuel Dexter Massachusetts, $500.
lawyer
Roger Grlswold. Connecticut lsol,
lawyer.
Henry Dearborn, Massachusetts.
lsol. physlelan-soldirr
William Eustls. Massachusetts,. ls0e.
SHikfNHs
John Armstrong New York, 1913.
sold er statesman
James Monroe. Virginia 1914, sol
William II. Crawford. Georgia. 1873.
lawyer statesman.
Isaae Shelby, Kentucky ISL, sol
der.
George Graham. Virginia. is11. sol.
dier.
John L Calhoun. South Carolina
tsiI. surveyor
james Barbour. Virginia. 1870. states.
man.
Peter b Porter. New York. ISIS, sol
der.
John H. Eaton. Tennessee. 1879,
Lewis Cass. Michigan, 1891. lawyer
benjamin l. Butler. New York, 1887
lawyer.
Joel Il. poinsett South Carolina.
1887. statesman
john BELL, Tennessee. 1871. lawyer.
John Mclean. Ohio. is4l. lawyer.
John =. Spencer New York. isll.
la wyer.
James NJ Porter. Pennsylvania. ls43
lawyer.
William wilkins. Pennsylvania. 1874
lawyer.
William L. Marcy. New York. 1s45.
statesman
George W Grew ford. Georgia 1919.
lawyer
Edward Bates. Missouri, 1880, law
yer
Charles NJ. Conrad. Louisiana. 1900
lawyer.
jefferson Davis. Mississippi, 1888
lawyer.
John Is. Floyd. Virginia. 1857, law.
yer
Joseph Holt Kentucky. 1851, law
yer
Simon Cameron. Pennsylvania, 1861,
printer.
Edwin NJ. stanton. Ohio, 1862, law
yer
L. :. Grant. Illinois. 1901, soldier
Lorenzo Thomas, Illinois, 1865, sol
der.
John NJ. sehoheld. New York. 1s6s.
soldier
John A. Rawllns, Illinois. 1853, law
yer.
William L. Sherman. Ohio. 1868 sol
dler.
William w. Belknap. Iowa. 1868.
lawyer.
Alphonso Taft. Ohio, 1875 lawyer
James Don Cameron. pennsy lYania.
1876. banker.
George W. MeCrary. Iowa, 1877. law
yer.
Alexander Ramsey Minnesota. 1879.
statesman.
Robert 7. Lincoln, Illinois, 1851, law
yer.
William c. Endleott Massae husetts,
1850, lawyer.
Redfield Proctor, Vermont, 1889. law.
yer.
Stephen H. Elkins, West Virginia.
1891. lawyer.
Daniel $. Lamont, New York, 1893,
journalist.
Russell A. Aiker. Michigan. 1897.
lnnbeelnah banker.
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