Eight Years with Wilson's Cabinet 1913 to 1920; With a Personal Estimate of the President
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First Edition [stated] in each volume. Hardcover. 2 Volumes in fair slipcase (bottom partially separated and reglued. Scuff inside rear board of volume I. Frontis illustration in each volume. Illustrations. Volume I has [16], 369, [3] pages. Volume II has [8], 360 pages. Appendices. Index. Some wear, scratches, and staining to covers of both volumes. Parts of slipcase cardboard stuck at bottom of covers. David Franklin Houston (February 17, 1866 – September 2, 1940) was an American academic, businessman and conservative Democratic politician. He served under President Wilson as the 5th Secretary of Agriculture and the 48th United States Secretary of the Treasury. Under President William McKinley he was on the board of visitors of the U. S. Military Academy. Later in life, he was an overseer of Harvard University and a Trustee of Columbia University. Houston came to the Treasury Department as WWI was ending and his tenure was marked by controversies over monetary policies. He was ex officio Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. More