Mellon
Americannoun
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Andrew Mellon served three different presidents as Treasury secretary before he was prosecuted by a fourth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Of the three presidents that Mellon served directly, he was probably most in sync with “Silent Cal” Coolidge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Still, the case against Mellon made his final years more difficult than they should have been.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Hoover administration took Mellon out of the Treasury and made him the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Richard Mellon Scaife, the publisher and heir to a banking fortune, bought an extra house, too; he needed it for the staff.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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