The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-05
MEN OF THE
NEW CABINET
Who They Are and What
They Have
Been
BRIEF SKETCHES
OF THE CAREERS
Of Chiefs of Departments
in the Wilson Adj
ministration

Brief biographical sketches of mem
bers of the new cabinet are as fol
lows:
Secretary of state, William Jennings
Bryan. Publicist and editor. Born al
Salem, Ill.,, March 10, 1860. Home
Lincoln, Neb Educated at Illinois col
lege. Served in Congress. Democratic
candidate for president of the United
States 1896, 1900 and 1908. Served in
Spanish American war. Made trip around
world in 1906.
Secretary OF the treasury, William
| Gibbs McAdoo Lawyer and railroad
president. Born near Marietta, Ga, Oct
! 81, 1868. Home, New York City. Prac-
ticed law in Tennessee and New York.
| Builder of first tunnels under Hudson
river. President of Hudson 4 Manhat-
tan railroad.
Secretary of war, Lindley NJ. Garri-
son. Jurist, 40 years old; born in Cam
den, n. j. Home. Merchantville, n. J.
Appointed to the chancery court in 1904,
and reappointed by Chancellor Mahlon
Pitney, now a member of the United
States supreme court.
Attorney general, James Clark Nc
Reynolds. Lawyer. Born at Elkton.
XIV, Feb. 3, 1862. Home New York
City Educated at Vanderbilt univer-
sity and University of Virginia. Prac
ticed law at Nashville, Tenn, many
years. Assistant attorney general of the
United States l903-07. Afterward spe-
cially retained by government in anti
trust matters, particularly in tobacco
and coal trust suits.
Postmaster general, Albert Sidney
Burleson. Congressman and lawyer.
Born at San Marcos, Tex, June 7, 1868.
Home, Austin, Tex Educated at Texas
A. & NJ. college, Baylor university and
University of Texas. Assistant city
attorney Austin lSS5-90. Attorney Goth
Texas judicial district 1891 90. Member
of Congress since 1890 and reelected to
d3d Congress.
Secretary of the navy, Josephus Dam
iels. Newspaper owner and editor. Born
at Washington, n. G., May Is, 1862.
Home, Raleigh, n. c. Educated in vii.
son IN. CT collegiate institute. Editor
of Wilson n. c. Advance at Is, of Raj
eigh State Chronicle in 1885, and Raj
eigh News and Observer since 1894.
national committeeman from
North Carolina.
Secretary of the interior, Franklin |
Knight Lane. Lawyer. Born on Prince
Edward Island, Can, July Is, 1854. Edu- |
Gated at University of California. Prac
ticed law in San Francisco. Candidate |
for governor of California in 1902. Mem |
Der of interstate commerce commission I
since 1905 and at present chairman.
Secretary of agriculture, David Frank
i'm Houston. University chancellor. |
Born at Munroe, n. c., Feb IL, 1866.
Home, st. Louis, Mo. Educated at
south Carolina college and Harvard uni
yersity. Dean of faculty, University
If Texas lss9l902. President of Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college of Tex
Is l902-05. Chancellor of Washington
University, st. Louis, since 1908.
Secretary of commerce, William Cox
2edfield. Congressman and manufaetur
n. Born at Albany, N. ", June Is,
S5s Home. Brooklyn, n. Y. Educat-
d in public school. Engaged in iron
nd steel manufactures 1888. Served
n 62d Congress.
Secretary of labor, William Bauchop ,
wilson. Former miner and congress
nan. Born at Blantyre, Scotland, April !
1862. Home, Bossburg, Pa. Came
0 United States 1870. Educated in pub
C schools. Miner from 1918. Mem. !
er of national executive board which !
rgsnized United Mine Workers of Amer
a 1890. Member of Congress since 1907.
uthor of bill creating department of
lbor.