| 词条 | Joshua W. Alexander |
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|name = Joshua Alexander |image = JoshuaWillisAlexander.jpg |office = 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce |president = Woodrow Wilson |term_start = December 16, 1919 |term_end = March 4, 1921 |predecessor = William C. Redfield |successor = Herbert Hoover |state1 = Missouri |district1 = {{ushr|MO|3|3rd}} |term_start1 = March 4, 1907 |term_end1 = December 15, 1919 |predecessor1 = Frank B. Klepper |successor1 = Jacob L. Milligan |birth_name = Joshua Willis Alexander |birth_date = {{birth date|1852|1|22}} |birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1936|2|27|1852|1|22}} |death_place = Gallatin, Missouri, U.S. |party = Democratic |spouse = Roe Richardson |children = 8, George |education = Culver-Stockton College {{small|(BA)}} }}Joshua Willis Alexander (January 22, 1852 – February 27, 1936) was United States Secretary of Commerce from December 16, 1919 - March 4, 1921 in the administration of President Woodrow Wilson.[1] BiographyBorn on January 22, 1852 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Thomas Willis Alexander and Jane (née Robinson). Alexander attended Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri and later moved to Gallatin, Missouri, where he served as mayor and then as a state representative in the Missouri General Assembly (1883–1887).[2] He served as a judge on Missouri's 17th Circuit until 1905.[3] Alexander, a member of the United States Democratic Party, served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1907 until his resignation to become Commerce Secretary in 1919.[4] He served as chairman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and took a lead role in shaping wartime shipping legislation, which drew him to the attention of President Wilson.[5] He also gained prominence for his service as Chairman of the United States Commission to the international conference on the safety of life at sea in London in 1913.[6] After his tenure as Secretary of Commerce, Alexander returned to the practice of law in Missouri.[7] He served as a delegate to the state's constitutional convention in 1922-23. He died there on February 27, 1936, at the age of 84, eighteen years later, after retiring in Gallatin.[8] Alexander was interred in Brown Cemetery in Gallatin, Missouri. Joshua W. Alexander was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter). FamilyAlexander married, the former Roe Ann Richardson (February 3, 1859 - March 18, 1940), the daughter of a judge, on February 3, 1876.[9] The couple had eight children.[10] Alexander's son, aviator Walter Alexander, was killed in a propellor accident at Bolling Field in 1920.[11] Another son, George Forrest Alexander, became a federal judge in Juneau, Alaska.[12] External links
References1. ^TO SUCCEED W.C. REDFIELD.; Joshua W. Alexander of Missouri New Secretary of Commerce, The New York Times, Dec. 3, 1919 {{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{s-bef|before=Frank B. Klepper}}{{s-ttl|title=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives2. ^TO SUCCEED W.C. REDFIELD.; Joshua W. Alexander of Missouri New Secretary of Commerce, The New York Times, Dec. 3, 1919 3. ^TO SUCCEED W.C. REDFIELD.; Joshua W. Alexander of Missouri New Secretary of Commerce, The New York Times, Dec. 3, 1919 4. ^TO SUCCEED W.C. REDFIELD.; Joshua W. Alexander of Missouri New Secretary of Commerce, The New York Times, Dec. 3, 1919 5. ^JW Alexander, Wilson Aide, Dies, The New York Times, Feb 28, 1936 6. ^Judge Alexander, 84, Passes in Missouri, The Atlanta Constitution, Feb 28, 1936 7. ^Judge Alexander, 84, Passes in Missouri, The Atlanta Constitution, Feb 28, 1936 8. ^Judge Alexander, 84, Passes in Missouri, The Atlanta Constitution, Feb 28, 1936 9. ^Judge Alexander, 84, Passes in Missouri, The Atlanta Constitution, Feb 28, 1936 10. ^Judge Alexander, 84, Passes in Missouri, The Atlanta Constitution, Feb 28, 1936 11. ^Airplane Propeller Kills Walter Alexander, Aviator Son of the Secretary of Commerce, New York Times, Sept. 22, 1920 12. ^JW Alexander, Wilson Aide, Dies, The New York Times, Feb 28, 1936 from Missouri's 3rd congressional district|years=1907–1919}}{{s-aft|after=Jacob L. Milligan}} |-{{s-bef|before=William S. Greene}}{{s-ttl|title=Chair of the House Merchant Marine Committee|years=1911–1919}}{{s-aft|after=William S. Greene}} |-{{s-off}}{{s-bef|before=William C. Redfield}}{{s-ttl|title=United States Secretary of Commerce|years=1919–1921}}{{s-aft|after=Herbert Hoover}}{{s-end}}{{USSecCommerce}}{{Wilson cabinet}}{{US House Merchant Marine and Fisheries chairs}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Joshua W.}} 11 : 1852 births|1936 deaths|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri|United States Secretaries of Commerce|People from Gallatin, Missouri|Woodrow Wilson administration cabinet members|20th-century American politicians|Missouri Democrats|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|Members of the Missouri House of Representatives|Speakers of the Missouri House of Representatives |
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