Beekman Winthrop

Beekman Winthrop (born September 18, 1874 in Orange , New Jersey , † November 10, 1940 ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) and from 1904 to 1907 governor of Puerto Rico .

Career

Beekman Winthrop was a descendant of John Winthrop (1588-1649), the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony , and a descendant of John Winthrop, Jr. (1606-1676), a governor of the Colony of Connecticut . His father Robert Winthrop (1833-1892) was a wealthy and influential banker in New York City . Beekman Winthrop studied law at Harvard University until 1900 . He then became private secretary of the future US President William Howard Taft when he was governor of the Philippines . In the Philippines he also worked as a judge at times.

Winthrop was also a personal friend of President Theodore Roosevelt , who named him the new governor of Puerto Rico in 1904 to succeed William Henry Hunt . He held this office between July 4, 1904 and April 17, 1907. There he campaigned for local elections for government offices. In 1907 it Roosevelt appointed as Deputy US Treasury Secretary ( Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ). He held this office until 1909. He was then appointed by the new President Taft as deputy to Navy Minister George von Lengerke Meyer . He held this post as the successor to Herbert L. Satterlee until the end of Taft's tenure in March 1913.

Between 1913 and 1916, Winthrop was a director at National City Bank . He then became a director at Robert Winthrop and Co. He died on November 10, 1940.

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SURNAME	Winthrop, Beekman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 18, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH	Orange , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH	November 10, 1940