William C. Redfield

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William Cox Redfield

William Cox Redfield (1858 - 1932) served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from March 5, 1913 to October 31, 1919 under President Woodrow Wilson. Redfield was the first commerce secretary in the United States, taking office immediately after the Department of Commerce and Labor was divided into two departments, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor.

Redfield also served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1911 to 1913.

Eastland disaster, William C. Redfield sitting at table, looking at camera
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Eastland disaster, William C. Redfield sitting at table, looking at camera


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Preceded by:
Charles Nagel		 United States Secretary of Commerce
March 5, 1913 – October 31, 1919		 Succeeded by:
Joshua W. Alexander
United States Secretaries of Commerce Seal of the United States Department 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
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