Frederick H. Mueller

Frederick Henry Müller (* 22. November 1893 in Grand Rapids , Michigan ; †  31 August 1976 ) was an American politician of the Republican Party , of the Cabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Secretary of Commerce ( Secretary of Commerce belonged).

Frederick H. Mueller

Life

Mueller completed a mechanical engineering degree at Michigan State University , which he graduated in 1914 with a Bachelor of Science . In the same year he became a partner in his father's furniture factory, which he took over management in 1923. After his father retired, he became president of the company.

From 1945 to 1957, Mueller was a member of the State board of agriculture of Michigan. On November 22, 1958, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Domestic Affairs in the US government; his reputation as an active Republican and important factory owner played a decisive role in this. At this time, Lewis Strauss was acting as head of the Commerce Department; when it was supposed to be confirmed by the US Senate , the democratic majority there refused to approve it.

Thereupon Frederick Mueller was nominated by President Eisenhower as the new Secretary of Commerce . His appointment was confirmed by the Senate, so that he could take office on August 6, 1959. With the end of Eisenhower's presidency, Mueller left the government on January 20, 1961. During his tenure, he was also a substitute delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1960 .

Mueller, a member of the Freemasons , the Shriners and the Rotarians , devoted himself to his economic activities again. He died in 1976; his body was cremated and the ashes were interred in the Graceland mausoleum in Grand Rapids.

literature

• Frederick Henry Mueller , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 12/1960 of March 14, 1960, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links

• Frederick H. Mueller in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Frederick H. Mueller at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia (English)
• The Political Graveyard