| 词条 | Cornelius Newton Bliss |
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|name = Cornelius Bliss |image = Cornelius Newton Bliss 2.jpg |office = 21st United States Secretary of the Interior |president = William McKinley |term_start = March 6, 1897 |term_end = February 19, 1899 |predecessor = David R. Francis |successor = Ethan Hitchcock |office1 = Chair of the New York Republican Party |term_start1 = 1897 |term_end1 = 1899 |predecessor1 = Chester S. Cole |successor1 = John N. Knapp |birth_name = Cornelius Newton Bliss |birth_date = {{birth date|1833|1|26}} |birth_place = Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1911|10|9|1833|1|26}} |death_place = New York City, New York, U.S. |party = Republican |spouse = {{marriage|Mary Plummer|1859|October 9, 1911|end=his death}} |children = 4, including Lillie, Cornelius }}Cornelius Newton Bliss (January 26, 1833 – October 9, 1911) was an American merchant, politician and art collector, who served as Secretary of the Interior in the administration of President William McKinley and as Treasurer of the Republican National Convention in four successive campaigns.[1] Early lifeCornelius Bliss was born at Fall River, Massachusetts. He was the son of Asahel Newton and Irene Borden (née Luther) Bliss.[2] His family was of English ancestry and their earliest American ancestor was Thomas Bliss, who emigrated from Belstone, Devonshire to New England in 1635.[2] His father died when he was an infant and his mother remarried to Edward S. Keep. They moved to New Orleans in 1840.[2] He was educated in his native city and in New Orleans, where he early entered his stepfather's counting house.[3] CareerReturning to Massachusetts in 1849, he became a clerk and subsequently a junior partner in a prominent Boston commercial house. Later he moved to New York City to establish a branch of the firm. The firm, originally Wright & Whitman, in 1874 became Wright, Bliss & Fabyan upon the death of the senior partner, Mr. John S. Wright. On the death in 1881 of Mr. Eben Wright,[4] the firm became Bliss, Fabyan & Co., under which name it continued until well into the 20th Century.[5] Bliss, Fabyan & Co. was one of the largest wholesale dry-goods houses in the country.[6] PoliticsA consistent advocate of the protective tariff, he was one of the organizers and for many years president of the American Protective Tariff League. In politics an active Republican, he was chairman of the Republican state committee in 1887 and 1888, and contributed much to the success of the Harrison ticket in New York in the latter year. He was treasurer of the Republican National Committee from 1892 to 1904.[7] He turned down the offer of becoming United States Secretary of the Treasury under President McKinley,[8] but he served as United States Secretary of the Interior in President William McKinley's cabinet from 1897 to 1899.[9][10][11] In 1900, he was invited to stand as President McKinley's vice-president.[12][13] He refused the offer.[14][15] The following year McKinley was assassinated and Roosevelt (who did accept the offer) became President.[16] Personal lifeOn March 30, 1859,[3] Bliss was married to Mary Elizabeth Plummer (1837–1923), the daughter of Hon. Avery Plummer of Boston.[17] Together, they were the parents of four children, two who survived him:[2]
He was also a member of the famous Jekyll Island Club (aka The Millionaires Club) on Jekyll Island, Georgia.[21] Bliss' health began to fail in 1910. He spent the Summer of 1911 at his country home in Rumson, New Jersey, accompanied by his physician Arthur W. Bingham, but returned to New York City in September due to his frailty. He spent the last two weeks of his life at his residence at 29 East 37th Street before succumbing to heart disease at 7 pm on October 9, 1911.[1] He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.[22][23] LegacyCornelius Bliss was a collector of fine art. He owned works by Arthur Bowen Davies, along with Claude Monet's The Manneporte near Étretat, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[24][25] References
1. ^1 {{cite news|last=Obituary|title=Cornelius N. Bliss, Merchant, is Dead|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/10/10/104839053.pdf|accessdate=28 March 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=10 October 1911}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last1=Cutter|first1=William Richard|title=American Biography: A New Cyclopedia|date=1918|publisher=Pub. under the direction of the American historical Society|pages=342–345|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tmoKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA343&lpg=PA343|accessdate=25 September 2017|language=en}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time|date=1901|publisher=J. T. White Company|page=15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-t4DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15|accessdate=25 September 2017|language=en}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=A RICH MAN'S BEQUESTS; TROUBLE LIKELY TO ARISE OVER EBEN WRIGHT'S WILL.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1881/05/02/archives/a-rich-mans-bequests-trouble-likely-to-arise-over-eben-wrights-will.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=2 May 1881}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=COTTON AGENCIES MERGED; Haywood, Mackay & Valentine to Be Bliss Fabyan Department.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/04/14/archives/cotton-agencies-merged-haywood-mackay-valentine-to-be-bliss-fabyan.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=14 April 1936}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=COL. GEORGE FABYAN, SCIENTIST, DIES AT 69; l Retired Merchant Widely Known for His Studies of Sound and His War Work.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/05/18/archives/col-george-fabyan-scientist-dies-at-69-l-retired-merchant-widely.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=18 May 1936}} 7. ^{{cite book|last1=Picone|first1=Louis L.|title=The President Is Dead!: The Extraordinary Stories of the Presidential Deaths, Final Days, Burials, and Beyond|date=2016|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.|isbn=9781510703773|page=344|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dCLDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT344&lpg=PT344|accessdate=25 September 2017|language=en}} 8. ^{{cite news|title=THE CABINET COMPLETED; Cornelius N. Bliss of New York Consents to be McKinley's Secretary of the Interior. HAS YIELDED TO PRESSURE. Hanna and New York Friends Persuade Him to Accept Office When He Prefers to Remain in Private Life -- Platt Not Overpleased.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1897/03/04/archives/the-cabinet-completed-cornelius-n-bliss-of-new-york-consents-to-be.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=4 March 1897}} 9. ^{{cite news|title=VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1899/12/08/archives/vice-presidential-candidates.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=8 December 1899}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=A NEW CABINET MEMBER; Ethan Allen Hitchcock Is Appointed Secretary of the Interior. HIS NOMINATION CONFIRMED He Is at Present United States Ambassador to Russia -- Will Succeed Cornelius N. Bliss.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1898/12/22/archives/a-new-cabinet-member-ethan-allen-hitchcock-is-appointed-secretary.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=22 December 1898}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF MR. BLISS.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1899/04/27/archives/the-public-service-of-mr-bliss.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=27 April 1899}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=BLISS STILL THE CHOICE; Vice Presidential Candidate If New York Man Is Named. MR. HANNA'S STRONG PLEADING Friends Believe Mr. Bliss Will Yield to Persuasion -- Woodruff Not to Withdraw.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1900/04/12/archives/bliss-still-the-choice-vice-presidential-candidate-if-new-york-man.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=12 April 1900}} 13. ^{{cite news|title=BLISS NOW THE FAVORITE; Many Things Point to His Choice for Vice President. CONFERS WITH SENATOR HANNA That Is Quite Customary, He Explains, Smilingly -- Condolences for Woodruff -- President's Attitude.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1900/04/10/archives/bliss-now-the-favorite-many-things-point-to-his-choice-for-vice.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=10 April 1900}} 14. ^{{cite news|title=MR. BLISS NOT A CANDIDATE.; Friends of the New York Merchant Deny that He Desires to Reenter Public Life.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1900/01/12/archives/mr-bliss-not-a-candidate-friends-of-the-new-york-merchant-deny-that.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=1900}} 15. ^{{cite news|title=BLISS BOOM IS REVIVED; Ex-Secretary Will Not Decline Nomination in Advance. MORE TALK OF A STAMPEDE Col. Youngs Does Not Think Gov. Roosevelt Can Be Forced to Run for Vice President.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1900/06/14/archives/bliss-boom-is-revived-exsecretary-will-not-decline-nomination-in.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=14 June 1900}} 16. ^{{cite news|title=FOR THE McKINLEY MONUMENT.; President Roosevelt Appoints Trustees and They Will Meet at Canton Thursday to Organize.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1901/10/06/archives/for-the-mckinley-monument-president-roosevelt-appoints-trustees-and.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=6 October 1901}} 17. ^{{cite news|title=Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bliss.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1923/09/29/archives/mrs-elizabeth-m-bliss.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=29 September 1923}} 18. ^{{cite news|title=MISS BLISS AND THE MODERN MUSEUM.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/03/16/archives/miss-bliss-and-the-modern-museum.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=16 March 1931}} 19. ^{{cite news|title=CORNELIUS BLISS, 74, FINANCIER, IS DEAD; Philanthropist, Formerly Head of Metropolitan Opera Board, Succumbs in Hospital|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/04/06/archives/c0rneliijsblis74-financier-is-dead-philanthropist-formerly-head-of.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=6 April 1949}} 20. ^{{cite news|title=BLISS-COBB WEDDING.; Son of New York Banker Makes Washington Girl His Wife.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1906/04/27/archives/blisscobb-wedding-son-of-new-york-banker-makes-washington-girl-his.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=27 April 1906}} 21. ^{{cite book|last1=Hutto|first1=Richard Jay|title=The Jekyll Island Club Members|date=2005|publisher=Indigo Custom Publishing|isbn=9780977091225|pages=24–27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FNPoVchaehwC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25|accessdate=25 September 2017|language=en}} 22. ^{{cite news|title=CORNELIUS N. BLISS BURIED.; Many Prominent Men at Funeral Service -- Rev. Dr. Jefferson's Eulogy.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/10/13/archives/cornelius-n-bliss-buried-many-prominent-men-at-funeral-service-rev.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=13 October 1911}} 23. ^{{cite news|title=CORNELIUS N. BLISS FUNERAL.; Services at His Home To-morrow Morning -- Eulogy from Taft.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/10/11/archives/cornelius-n-bliss-funeral-services-at-his-home-tomorrow-morning.html|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=The New York Times|date=11 October 1911}} 24. ^{{cite web|last=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|title=Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/31.67.11|publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|accessdate=28 March 2012}} 25. ^{{cite web|last=The Frick Collection|title=Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America|url=http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=6987|publisher=The Frick Collection|accessdate=27 March 2012}}
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