Joshua W. Alexander

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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. He was born in Ohio, but later moved to Missouri, where he engaged in local politics and business, eventually becoming a judge. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri from 1907 until his resignation to become commerce secretary in 1919. He was a member of the United States Democratic Party.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by: William C. Redfield

United States Secretary of Commerce December 16, 1919 – March 4, 1921

Succeeded by: Herbert Hoover

United States Secretaries of Commerce

Secretaries of Commerce & Labor (1903–1913): Cortelyou | Metcalf | Straus | Nagel Secretaries of Commerce (1913—): Redfield | Alexander | Hoover | Whiting | Lamont | Chapin | Roper | Hopkins | Jones | Wallace | Harriman | Sawyer | Weeks | Strauss | Mueller | Hodges | Connor | Trowbridge | Smith | Stans | Peterson | Dent | Morton | Richardson | Kreps | Klutznick | Baldrige | Verity | Mosbacher | Franklin | Brown | Kantor | Daley | Mineta | Evans | Gutierrez