Ogden L. Mills

Ogden L. Mills
50th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office
February 12, 1932 – March 3, 1933
PresidentHerbert Hoover
Preceded byAndrew Mellon
Succeeded byWilliam H. Woodin
United States Under Secretary of the Treasury
In office
1927–1932
PresidentCalvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Preceded byGarrard B. Winston[1]
Succeeded byArthur A. Ballantine[2]
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 17th district
In office
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927
Preceded byHerbert Pell
Succeeded byWilliam W. Cohen
Member of the New York Senate
from the 17th district
In office
January 1, 1915 – December 31, 1917
Preceded byWalter R. Herrick
Succeeded byCourtlandt Nicoll
Personal details
Born
Ogden Livingston Mills

(1884-08-23)August 23, 1884
Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
DiedOctober 11, 1937(1937-10-11) (aged 53)
New York City, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
(m. 1911; div. 1919)
Dorothy Randolph Fell
(m. 1924)
Parent
EducationHarvard University (BA, LLB)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1917–1918
RankCaptain
Battles/warsWorld War I

Ogden Livingston Mills (August 23, 1884 – October 11, 1937) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as United States Secretary of the Treasury in President Herbert Hoover's cabinet, during which time Mills pushed for tax increases, spending cuts and other austerity measures that would deepen the economic crisis.[3][4] A member of the Republican Party, Mills also represented New York in the United States House of Representatives, served as Undersecretary of the Treasury during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge, and was the Republican nominee in the 1926 New York gubernatorial election.

  1. ^ Official Congressional Directory: 69th Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office (1926)
  2. ^ Official Congressional Directory: 72d Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office (1932)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Ogden Livingston Mills". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 18, 2013. ... born in Newport, R.I., August 23, 1884; attended the public schools; was graduated from the academic department of Harvard University in 1904 and from the law department of that institution in 1907; admitted to the New York bar in 1908 and commenced practice in New York City; ... died in New York City, October 11, 1937; interment in St. James Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.