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Former Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo in front of his private Lockheed Vega 5A Executive Special (NC309H; c/n 80), named "The Blue Streak." See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibbs_McAdoo

William Gibbs McAdoo (1863–1941) was Woodrow Wilson's first Secretary of the Treasury, serving from 1913 until 1918. In 1914 he married Wilson's daughter, Eleanor. A native of Georgia and graduate of the University of Tennessee, he had a business career in New York prior to his service in Wilson's cabinet, and after leaving the administration he eventually moved to California where he was elected to the U.S. Senate, serving a single term beginning in 1933. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Wikipedia.

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In February, 1914, the 52-year-old Secretary McAdoo dazzled social butterflies of Atlanta when he bounced around the dance floor in a demonstration of the tango -- the new (and scandalously tactile) craze from Argentina. New York Times story, February 16, 1914: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9804E... Later in the year, McAdoo, a widower, married Eleanor Wilson, a daughter of President Woodrow Wilson, who was 26 years his junior. (They divorced in 1934.)

Secretary of the Treasury, William Gibbs McAdoo married the President's daughter while serving in Wilson's cabinet. Wow! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibbs_McAdoo

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Thank you for adding this interesting image to the Historical Desks group, much appreciated. There is a bit of a local connection here as Secretary McAdoo's boss and Father-in-Law, Woodrow Wilson visited Carlisle in Cumbria UK where his mother was born. The house of her birth still exits in Warwick Street and sports a blue plaque which can be seen at: www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=woodrow%20wilson&w=10...

Interestingly, Vincent Price portrayed him in the movie "Wilson."