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Andrew W. Mellon

Andrew Mellon
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United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
April 9, 1932 – March 17, 1933
Monarch George V
President Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by Charles G. Dawes
Succeeded by Robert Worth Bingham
49th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office
March 9, 1921 – February 12, 1932
President Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Preceded by David F. Houston
Succeeded by Ogden L. Mills
Personal details
Born Andrew William Mellon
(1855-03-24)March 24, 1855
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died August 26, 1937(1937-08-26) (aged 82)
Southampton, New York, U.S.
Resting place Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
Upperville
Fauquier County, Virginia
Nationality American
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Nora McMullen (1878–1973 m. 1900–1912 divorced)
Relations Richard B. Mellon (1858–1933) (brother)
Children Paul Mellon (1907–1999)
Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901–1969)
Parents Thomas Alexander Mellon (1813–1908)
Sarah Jane Negley (1817–1909)
Alma mater Western University of Pennsylvania (University of Pittsburgh)
Profession Banker, politician
Religion Episcopalian

Andrew William Mellon (/ˈmɛlən/; March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937) was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom and United States Secretary of the Treasury from March 9, 1921 to February 12, 1932, from the wealthy Mellon family of Pennsylvania.

Mellon was born in Pennsylvania on March 24, 1855. His name is listed on the 1860 Census as "William A. Mellon." His father was Thomas Mellon, a banker and judge who was a Scots-Irish immigrant from County Tyrone, Ireland; his mother was Sarah Jane Negley Mellon. He had three older brothers, Thomas A., James R. and Samuel, and he also had a younger brother named Richard B. Mellon. He was educated at the Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh) and left before graduating.

Mellon demonstrated financial ability early. In 1872 his father set him up in a lumber and coal business, which he soon turned into a profitable enterprise. He joined his father's banking firm, T. Mellon & Sons, in 1880 and two years later had ownership of the bank transferred to him. In 1889, Mellon helped organize the Union Trust Company and Union Savings Bank of Pittsburgh. He also branched into industrial activities: oil, steel, shipbuilding, and construction.


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