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|name = Walter Fisher |
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|image = Walter L. Fisher cph.3a00307.jpg |
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|president = [[William Howard Taft]] |
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|term_start = March 13, 1911 |
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|term_end = March 5, 1913 |
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|predecessor = [[Richard A. Ballinger|Richard Ballinger]] |
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|successor = [[Franklin Knight Lane]] |
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| birth_date={{Birth date|1862|7|4|mf=y}} |
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|birth_place = [[Wheeling, West Virginia|Wheeling]], [[Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]] {{small|(now [[West Virginia]])}} |
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|death_date = {{death date and age|1935|11|9|1862|7|4}} |
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|death_place = [[Winnetka, Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]] |
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|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |
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|spouse = Mabel Taylor |
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|education = [[Hanover College]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}} |
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⚫ | Fisher was born July 4, 1862, in [[Wheeling, West Virginia|Wheeling, Virginia]], to Daniel Webster Fisher (1838 – 1913), a Presbyterian minister, and his wife Amanda D. Kouns († 1911). Educated at [[Hanover College]] in [[Indiana]] from which he graduated in 1883. While at Hanover, he was initiated into the Chi Chapter of the [[Sigma Chi]] fraternity. In 1890, he was elected as the fifth Grand Consul (the National President) of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, a position he held until 1892. He married Mabel Taylor on April 22, 1891, and they had five sons and two daughters. |
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In 1906, he was appointed by Chicago mayor [[Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne]] to serve as Special Traction Counsel, a role in which he would assist the mayor in addressing the city's [[Chicago Traction Wars|traction issue]].<ref name=sullivan1>{{cite book |last1=Morton |first1=Richard Allen |title=Roger C. Sullivan and the Making of the Chicago Democratic Machine, 1881-1908 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xA7MDAAAQBAJ |publisher=McFarland |access-date=11 May 2020 |pages=178 |language=en |isbn=9781476623788 |date=29 June 2016 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803013812/https://books.google.com/books?id=xA7MDAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> He resigned the following year after Dunne rejected his advice to accept the Settlement Ordinances that had passed in the [[Chicago City Council]].<ref name="cleanup">{{cite book |last1=Schmidt |first1=John R. |title="The Mayor Who Cleaned Up Chicago" A Political Biography of William E. Dever |date=1989 |publisher=Northern Illinois University Press |location=DeKalb, Illinois }}</ref> |
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His papers, covering his professional and political careers and containing 14,000 items, are in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/84920409|title=ArchiveGrid : Walter L. Fisher papers, 1871-1963.|access-date=12 November 2016|archive-date=13 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113041024/https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/84920409|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Fisher had a brother, Dr. Howard Lowrie Fisher, who established a hospital for war victims in France during [[World War I]]. He survived the sinking of the ''[[RMS Lusitania]]'' in 1915 by jumping off the ship. |
Fisher had a brother, Dr. Howard Lowrie Fisher, who established a hospital for war victims in France during [[World War I]]. He survived the sinking of the ''[[RMS Lusitania]]'' in 1915 by jumping off the ship. |
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Dr. Fisher died November 9, 1935 in [[Winnetka, Illinois|Winnetka]], [[Illinois]]. |
Dr. Fisher died November 9, 1935, in [[Winnetka, Illinois|Winnetka]], [[Illinois]]. |
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Latest revision as of 21:44, 18 August 2024
Walter Fisher | |
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25th United States Secretary of the Interior | |
In office March 13, 1911 – March 5, 1913 | |
President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Richard Ballinger |
Succeeded by | Franklin Knight Lane |
Personal details | |
Born | Walter Lowrie Fisher July 4, 1862 Wheeling, Virginia, U.S. (now West Virginia) |
Died | November 9, 1935 Winnetka, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 73)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Mabel Taylor |
Education | Hanover College (BA) |
Walter Lowrie Fisher (July 4, 1862 – November 9, 1935) was United States Secretary of the Interior under President William Howard Taft from 1911 to 1913.
Fisher was born July 4, 1862, in Wheeling, Virginia, to Daniel Webster Fisher (1838 – 1913), a Presbyterian minister, and his wife Amanda D. Kouns († 1911). Educated at Hanover College in Indiana from which he graduated in 1883. While at Hanover, he was initiated into the Chi Chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity. In 1890, he was elected as the fifth Grand Consul (the National President) of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, a position he held until 1892. He married Mabel Taylor on April 22, 1891, and they had five sons and two daughters.
In 1906, he was appointed by Chicago mayor Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne to serve as Special Traction Counsel, a role in which he would assist the mayor in addressing the city's traction issue.[1] He resigned the following year after Dunne rejected his advice to accept the Settlement Ordinances that had passed in the Chicago City Council.[2]
His papers, covering his professional and political careers and containing 14,000 items, are in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.[3]
Fisher had a brother, Dr. Howard Lowrie Fisher, who established a hospital for war victims in France during World War I. He survived the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915 by jumping off the ship.
Dr. Fisher died November 9, 1935, in Winnetka, Illinois.
References
[edit]- ^ Morton, Richard Allen (29 June 2016). Roger C. Sullivan and the Making of the Chicago Democratic Machine, 1881-1908. McFarland. p. 178. ISBN 9781476623788. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ Schmidt, John R. (1989). "The Mayor Who Cleaned Up Chicago" A Political Biography of William E. Dever. DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.
- ^ "ArchiveGrid : Walter L. Fisher papers, 1871-1963". Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Walter L. Fisher at Wikimedia Commons