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President Wilson and His Cabinet

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 27, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 13.

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President Wilson and His Cabinet

WE are indebted to the United Presbyterian of March 13, 1913, for the following statement with reference to Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet:—
President Wilson’s Cabinet has a reassuring personal aspect. The members of it are men who have won success or distinction in business, professional, or public stations. They are in the prime of life, the average age being about fifty years. Five of them (one half) were born in the South. The list of members is headed by Wm. Jennings Bryan, who has the portfolio of Secretary of State. The Secretary of the Treasury is Wm. G. McAdoo, a lawyer, but better known in connection with his very successful construction of the tunnel system under the Hudson River. He was born in Tennessee, but resides in New York City. The Secretary of War is L. M. Garrison, from New Jersey. He is the son of an Episcopalian clergyman and a jurist of acknowledged ability. The Postmaster-General is Albert S. Burleson, of Texas. He is a lawyer, and has been a member of Congress for seven consecutive sessions. The Secretary of the Interior is Franklin K. Lane, of California, a lawyer, but for seven years a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Attorney-General is James C. McReynolds, born in Tennessee, but resident in New York City. For some time he has been special government counsel in proceedings against trusts. The Secretary of Navy is Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina, admitted to the bar, but his energies have been devoted to journalism in his native State. The Secretary of Agriculture is David Houston, born in South Carolina, but resident in Missouri. He has been in educational work all his life, being chancellor of the Washington University, St. Louis, at the time of his appointment to the Cabinet. The Secretary of Commerce is Wm. C. Redfield, of New York. He is a well-known manufacturer, and has served one term in Congress. The new chair in the Cabinet, Secretary of Labor, is filled by William B. Wilson, born in Scotland, but since 1870 resident in Pennsylvania. He was a coal-miner, coming into prominence as a union leader. He was twice member of Congress. Seven of the ten secretaries are college men—the editor, the manufacturer, and the labor leader not having had that sort of training.