Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926
Variant namesSecretary of the Department of Labor and Commerce, 1906-1909.
From the description of Letter, 1906 Nov. 7, New York, to Lee M. Friedman, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 174212191
American ambassador and government official.
From the description of Papers, 1869-1947. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122589779
Attorney, businessman, public official, diplomat, U.S. secretary of commerce and labor, and author.
From the description of Oscar S. Straus papers, 1856-1955 (bulk 1856-1923). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131237
Biographical Note
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1850, Dec. 23:
Born, Otterberg, Bavaria -
1854:
Came to America and lived in Talbotton, Ga. -
1865:
Moved to New York, N.Y. -
1871:
A.B., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. -
1873:
LL.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. -
1873 -1881 :Practiced law, New York, N.Y. -
1881 -1906 :Member of the firm L. Straus & Sons, importers of pottery and glassware -
1882:
Married Sarah Lavenburg (died 1945) -
1885:
Published The Origin of Republican Form of Government in the United States of America. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons -
1887 -1889 :Minister to Ottoman Empire (Turkey) -
1894:
Published Roger Williams, the Pioneer of Religious Liberty. New York: The Century Co. -
1898 -1899 :Minister to Ottoman Empire (Turkey) -
1902 -1924 :Appointed member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague, Netherlands -
1906 -1909 :United States secretary of commerce and labor; first Jew appointed to a cabinet position -
1909 -1910 :Ambassador to Ottoman Empire (Turkey) -
1912:
Chairman, arbitration commission to decide wage dispute between eastern railways and their engineers -
1913:
Published The American Spirit. New York: The Century Co. -
1915 -1918 :Chairman, New York Public Service Commission, First District -
1919:
Chairman, Paris Committee of the League to Enforce Peace -
1919 -1920 :Member, President's Second Industrial Conference to establish a code of industrial relations -
1922:
Published autobiography Under Four Administrations, from Cleveland to Taft; Reflections of Oscar S. Straus. New York: Houghton Mifflin -
1926, May 3:
Died, New York, N.Y.
From the guide to the Oscar S. Straus Papers, 1856-1955, (bulk 1856-1923), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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associatedWith | Adler, Cyrus |
associatedWith | Arlett, Arthur M. |
associatedWith | Auchincloss, Gordon, 1886-1943. |
correspondedWith | Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919 |
associatedWith | Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889. |
associatedWith | Baron de Hirsch Fund (1891 - Present) |
correspondedWith | Barrett, John, 1866-1938 |
correspondedWith | Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898. |
associatedWith | Bisno, Julius, 1911- |
correspondedWith | Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 |
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Birth 1850-12-23
Death 1926-05-03
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