William C. Redfield

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William Cox Redfield


1st United States Secretary of Commerce
In office March 5, 1913 – October 31, 1919
President	Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Joshua W. Alexander
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th district
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	Richard Young
Succeeded by	James P. Maher
Personal details
Born	(1858-06-18)June 18, 1858 Albany, New York, U.S.
Died	June 13, 1932(1932-06-13) (aged 73) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Politician

William Cox Redfield (June 18, 1858 – June 13, 1932) was a Democratic politician from New York.

Life

He served as the first United States Secretary of Commerce from 1913 to 1919 after the division of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Previously, Redfield served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1911 to 1913 and was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the vice presidency in 1912.

William C. Redfield in his office (c. 1913)

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Richard Young	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 5th congressional district 1911–1913	Succeeded by James P. Maher
Political offices
Preceded by new office	U.S. Secretary of Commerce Served under: Woodrow Wilson 1913–1919	Succeeded by Joshua W. Alexander

United States Secretaries of Commerce

Secretaries of Commerce and Labor	Cortelyou Metcalf Straus Nagel

Secretaries of Commerce	Redfield Alexander Hoover Whiting Lamont Chapin Roper Hopkins Jones Wallace Harriman Sawyer Weeks Strauss Mueller Hodges Connor Trowbridge Smith Stans Peterson Dent Morton Richardson Kreps Klutznick Baldrige Verity Mosbacher Franklin Brown Kantor Daley Mineta Evans Gutierrez Locke Bryson Pritzker Ross (nominee)

Cabinet of President Woodrow Wilson (1913–21)

Vice President	Thomas R. Marshall (1913–21)

Secretary of State	William Jennings Bryan (1913–15) Robert Lansing (1915–20) Bainbridge Colby (1920–21)

Secretary of the Treasury	William G. McAdoo (1913–18) Carter Glass (1918–20) David F. Houston (1920–21)

Secretary of War	Lindley M. Garrison (1913–16) Newton D. Baker (1916–21)

Attorney General	James C. McReynolds (1913–14) Thomas W. Gregory (1914–19) A. Mitchell Palmer (1919–21)

Postmaster General	Albert S. Burleson (1913–21)

Secretary of the Navy	Josephus Daniels (1913–21)

Secretary of the Interior	Franklin K. Lane (1913–20) John B. Payne (1920–21)

Secretary of Agriculture	David F. Houston (1913–20) Edwin T. Meredith (1920–21)

Secretary of Commerce	William C. Redfield (1913–19) Joshua W. Alexander (1919–21)

Secretary of Labor	William B. Wilson (1913–21)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 74230002 LCCN: n95096617 ISNI: 0000 0000 8394 4779 GND: 101912676 US Congress: R000105

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