William Gibbs McAdoo Jr.[1] / ˈmækəˌduː / (October 31, 1863 – February 1, 1941) was an American lawyer and statesman. McAdoo was a leader of the Progressive movement and played a major role in the administration of his father-in-law, President Woodrow Wilson.

William G. McAdoo was the U.S. secretary of the treasury (1913–18), a founder and chairman (1914) of the Federal Reserve Board, and director general of the U.S. railroads during and shortly after World War I (1917–19).

Jul 6, 2023 · Born in the midst of the Civil War in his family's historic home in Marietta, Georgia, to parents William Gibbs McAdoo Sr. and Mary Faith Floyd McAdoo, he graduated from the University of Tennessee, was admitted to the bar in 1885, …

As Treasury secretary, McAdoo was ex officio chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. McAdoo resigned as Treasury secretary on December 15, 1918. Born near Marietta, Georgia, in 1863, McAdoo spent his early life in the South.

William Gibbs McAdoo was the first of three Treasury Secretaries appointed by President Woodrow Wilson. Born near Marietta, Georgia in 1863, McAdoo graduated from the University of Tennessee, where his father was a professor.

Oct 8, 2017 · William Gibbs McAdoo, a leading figure in American politics in the early twentieth century, began his political career in Chattanooga in the 1880s. He was born in Marietta, Georgia, in 1863, but later moved with his family to Knoxville, where his father taught at …

Senator William Gibbs McAdoo escorting Miss Helen McCloskey, 1935. Photo from author’s collection. Few men have lived as colorful and productive a life as did William Gibbs McAdoo, who was, incidentally, a one-time resident of Knoxville.

McAdoo, William Gibbs, soldier, lawyer, jurist, legislator, author, poet, was born April 4, 1820, near Knoxville, Tenn. He was elected to the legislature of Tennessee; and the following year led a company from Tennessee in the Mexican War.

William Gibbs McAdoo was born near Marietta, Georgia, on October 31, 1863. He attended the University of Tennessee briefly being appointed, in 1882, deputy clerk of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Tennessee.

In the 1930s, McAdoo led the California Democratic Party, and once again changed history when his 1932 convention speech saved the nomination of Franklin Roosevelt. McAdoo was elected Senator, and supported the New Deal assiduously, especially with his own proposal for banking safety, the FDIC.