Victor H. Metcalf

Victor H. Metcalf

Victor Howard Metcalf (born October 10, 1853 in Utica , New York , † February 20, 1936 in Oakland , California ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who was a member of the cabinet of US President Theodore Roosevelt in various positions .

Metcalf attended public school and a private school in Utica and a military academy in New Haven ( Connecticut ). In 1872 he began studying at Yale College , which he left after a short while back, adhere to the Law School of Yale enroll. He graduated there in 1876 and was inducted into the Connecticut Bar. The following year he continued his law education at Hamilton College in Clinton and became a member of the New York State Bar. He first worked as a lawyer in Utica before moving to Oakland, California in 1879. In 1881 he married Emily Nicholson, with whom he had two children.

His political career began in 1898 with the election to the House of Representatives of the United States , where he represented California from March 4, 1899. He was re-elected twice and resigned on July 1, 1904, when President Roosevelt appointed him to his cabinet as Minister of Commerce and Labor . The trade and the Ministry of Labor were at this time in the Department of Commerce and Labor united. On December 12, 1906, he moved to the Department of the Navy as Minister of the Navy . Metcalf resigned on November 13, 1908 for health reasons.

After leaving the government, Victor Metcalf worked again as a lawyer in Oakland; he also worked in the banking industry. He died on February 20, 1936, just a month after his wife.

Web links

• Victor H. Metcalf in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Victor H. Metcalf at the University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs (English)
• The Political Graveyard