Richard Lee Metcalfe

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Richard Lee Metcalfe

Richard Lee Metcalfe (born October 11, 1861 in Alton , Illinois , †  March 31, 1954 ) was an American politician . In 1913 and 1914 he was the military governor of the Panama Canal Zone .

Career

Richard Metcalfe graduated in Poplar Bluff ( Missouri ) an apprenticeship in the printing trade. He soon became an assistant newspaper editor. After his marriage to Bessie Buehler in 1885, the family moved to Omaha , Nebraska , where he also got into the newspaper business. There he worked as a reporter and co-editor of several newspapers. He became a member of the Democratic Party and a friend of William Jennings Bryan . Together with this he published the weekly newspaper The Commoner between 1905 and 1913 . From 1914 to 1920 he published the weekly Omaha Nebraskan .

Politically, Metcalfe applied unsuccessfully for various offices. His candidacy for the US Senate failed twice . In 1910 he sought the office of governor of Nebraska just as unsuccessfully . In 1913 he was appointed the new governor of the Panama Canal Zone by President Woodrow Wilson . He held this office as successor to Maurice Thatcher until 1914. Between 1930 and 1933 Metcalfe was Mayor of Omaha . He was then appointed Director of State for Nebraska for the National Emergency Council by President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

Metcalfe also worked in other professions in the meantime. Among other things, he was advertising manager for the JL Brandeis & Sons department store . In the late 1920s, he joined his sons' construction company ( Metcalfe Company ). He died on March 31, 1954 at the age of 92.

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SURNAME Metcalfe, Richard Lee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Alton , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1954