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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.
Ogden L. Mills was secretary of the Treasury from February 12, 1932, until March 5, 1933. Under the provisions of the original Federal Reserve Act, the Treasury secretary was ex-officio chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mills was born in 1884 in Newport, Rhode Island.
His portraits of Hoover hang in the White House and in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. Costa painted Ogden L. Mills, Secretary of the Treasury under Hoover, from life in 1933.
Ogden Mills (December 18, 1856 – January 29, 1929) was an American financier and Thoroughbred racehorse owner. [1] Early life. Ogden Mills was born on December 18, 1856, in Sacramento, California, to Jane Templeton Cunningham and Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910). [2] .
Ogden L. Mills was a Republican politician and lawyer who served as secretary of treasury from 1932 to 1933. He supported the gold standard and balanced budget during the Great Depression.
Ogden L. Mills (August 23, 1884–October 11, 1937) lawyer, politician, and United States Treasury official, was born in Newport, Rhode Island. After completing an undergraduate degree (1905) and a law degree (1907) at Harvard, he entered law practice in New York City.
Ogden Livingston Mills. BORN: August 23, 1884; Newport, Rhode Island. DIED: October 11, 1937 (age 53) New York, New York. EDUCATION: Harvard University (AB,1904); Harvard University (LLB, 1907) POLITICAL PARTY: Republican. HIGHLIGHTS: 1908: Admitted to New York Bar, Began Practicing Law in New York. 1911-1926.
