OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME: 
Oscar Solomon Straus

BORN:
December 23, 1850;
Otterberg, Bavaria, Germany

DIED:
May 3, 1926 (age 75);
New York, New York

EDUCATION:
Columbia University (BA, LLB)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican,
Independence,
Progressive

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1906-1909:
U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 
First Jewish Cabinet Member
1909-1910:
U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire

RESOURCES:
UVA Miller Center
TR Center
Wikipedia

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