- For the general, see Ethan A. Hitchcock (general).
| Ethan Allen Hitchcock | |
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| In office February 20, 1899 – March 4, 1907 |
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| Preceded by | Cornelius Newton Bliss |
| Succeeded by | James Rudolph Garfield |
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| Born | September 19 1835 Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | April 9 1909 (aged 73) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Politician |
Ethan Allen Hitchcock (September 19, 1835 – April 9, 1909) served under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Early life
Born on September 19, 1835, in Mobile, Alabama, Hitchcock was in his sixties when first appointed by President McKinley to be U.S. minister to Russia in 1897.
Government career
He was recalled in the following year to serve in first McKinley's and then his successor, Roosevelt's, Cabinet. As Secretary of the Interior, Hitchcock pursued a vigorous program for the conservation of natural resources and reorganized the administration of Native American affairs. Hitchcock died April 9, 1909, in Washington, DC.
| Preceded by Cornelius Newton Bliss |
United States Secretary of the Interior 1899–1907 |
Succeeded by James Rudolph Garfield |
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