philanderknox

Wm. Sulzer - Secy Knox (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Nathan Adams said:

  William Sulzer was the Governor of New York. The only governor from that state to be impeached & removed from office. He kinda looks like Lon Chaney in "The Phantom of the Opera" in this picture: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sulzer Philander C. Knox was Secretary of State under Teddy Roosevelt: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philander_C._Knox

• Harry Angstrom said:

  current usage: phi·lan·der (fĭ-lān'dər) To carry on a sexual affair, especially an extramarital affair, with a woman one cannot or does not intend to marry. Used of a man. To engage in many love affairs, especially with a frivolous or casual attitude. Used of a man. [From philander, lover, from Philander, former literary name for a lover, from Greek philandros, loving or fond of men : phil-, philo-, philo- + anēr, andr-, man; see ner-2 in Indo-European roots.] phi·lan'der·er n.

• Ryan (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks captainslack for filling in the identity of these two men. Any idea when the photograph was taken?

• Wystan said:

  The building behind them is the State, War and Navy building -- nowadays called the Executive Office Building, next to the White House. But of course, folks at the LOC know that already . . . .

• Wystan said:

  Captainslack is incorrect about Knox: he was Secretary of State under Taft (1909-1913), not Roosevelt. Sulzer was Governor of New York for only a part of the year 1913, but he was in Congress for several years before that. This picture could have been taken while he was in Washington as a Congress Person.