![Lady Bird Johnson, left, with Paul and Rachel “Bunny” Mellon at the National Gallery of Art, created through gifts from the Mellon family. [The New York Times]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m41adkGqCa1qakblyo1_500.jpg)
Lady Bird Johnson, left, with Paul and Rachel “Bunny” Mellon at the National Gallery of Art, created through gifts from the Mellon family. [The New York Times]
![Andrew W. Mellon (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 24, 1855
Andrew W. Mellon, banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and Secretary of the Treasury from 1921 until 1932, is born in East Liberty. [Historic Pittsburgh; Wikipedia]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m132unGBAA1qakblyo1_500.jpg)
Andrew W. Mellon (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 24, 1855
Andrew W. Mellon, banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and Secretary of the Treasury from 1921 until 1932, is born in East Liberty. [Historic Pittsburgh; Wikipedia]
![On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 19, 1858
Banker and industrialist Richard Beatty “R.B.” Mellon is born in Pittsburgh. [Wikipedia]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0mpmzNWe21qakblyo1_500.png)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 19, 1858
Banker and industrialist Richard Beatty “R.B.” Mellon is born in Pittsburgh. [Wikipedia]
![On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 20, 1935
Government attorneys accused Andrew W. Mellon, former Secretary of the Treasury, at today’s continuation of the [Mellon tax trial] hearing, of short selling, involving an alleged deficiency in his income-tax payments before the Board of Tax Appeals. [The New York Times]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzjpk1z43G1qakblyo1_500.jpg)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 20, 1935
Government attorneys accused Andrew W. Mellon, former Secretary of the Treasury, at today’s continuation of the [Mellon tax trial] hearing, of short selling, involving an alleged deficiency in his income-tax payments before the Board of Tax Appeals. [The New York Times]
![President Warren G. Harding and Andrew W. Mellon (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 4, 1921
Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh financier, was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in the cabinet of President Warren G. Harding. [Historic Pittsburgh]
An excerpt from “Mellon’s Millions, the Biography of a Fortune: The Life and Times of Andrew W. Mellon,”by Harvey O’ Connor (1933):
The public received its first inkling on New Year’s Day of 1921 that he was being considered. The Times reported that Senator Knox had urged upon Harding the appointment of Mellon, identified to the mystified public as “a Pittsburgh banker.” Mellon, it was explained, “is highly regarded in Pennsylvania and was active in the campaign of raising funds for Harding and Coolidge.”
It is desirable that the incumbent of the Treasury office “come from the West” and not be identified with “big banking interests.”
George S. Oliver, publisher of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, which Mellon had financed, and James Francis Burke, a Republican wheelhorse in the Iron City, went to the front porch at Marion, Ohio, to sound a note which later grew into a great orchestration. They believed his appointment “would be gratifying to the businessmen of the country.” But the President-elect, like most of his countrymen, had never heard of Mellon. His advisors produced the Directory of Directors and the list of heavy donors to the G.O.P. war chest. The Pittsburgher was summoned to Marion. On February 4, 1921, it was reported that he was resigning all of his business directorships. (more)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyq89pYfMf1qakblyo1_r1_500.png)
President Warren G. Harding and Andrew W. Mellon (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 4, 1921
Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh financier, was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in the cabinet of President Warren G. Harding. [Historic Pittsburgh]
An excerpt from “Mellon’s Millions, the Biography of a Fortune: The Life and Times of Andrew W. Mellon,”by Harvey O’ Connor (1933):
The public received its first inkling on New Year’s Day of 1921 that he was being considered. The Times reported that Senator Knox had urged upon Harding the appointment of Mellon, identified to the mystified public as “a Pittsburgh banker.” Mellon, it was explained, “is highly regarded in Pennsylvania and was active in the campaign of raising funds for Harding and Coolidge.”
It is desirable that the incumbent of the Treasury office “come from the West” and not be identified with “big banking interests.”
George S. Oliver, publisher of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, which Mellon had financed, and James Francis Burke, a Republican wheelhorse in the Iron City, went to the front porch at Marion, Ohio, to sound a note which later grew into a great orchestration. They believed his appointment “would be gratifying to the businessmen of the country.” But the President-elect, like most of his countrymen, had never heard of Mellon. His advisors produced the Directory of Directors and the list of heavy donors to the G.O.P. war chest. The Pittsburgher was summoned to Marion. On February 4, 1921, it was reported that he was resigning all of his business directorships. (more)
![Thomas Mellon (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 3, 1908
Thomas Mellon, an entrepreneur, judge, founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of Pittsburgh’s Mellon family, dies at his home on Negley Avenue at the age of 95. [Historic Pittsburgh]
It was Mellon’s 95th birthday, and his wife’s 91st.
From The Pittsburg Press, Feb. 3, 1908:
JUDGE MELLON EXPIRES, SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS
Today Judge and Mrs. Mellon Were to Celebrate Double Birthday, He Being 95 and She 91 Years Old.
Wife Sustained Shock of His Death Bravely. (…)
The story of Judge Mellon’s life tells the story of the advancement of Pittsburg. He was as closely connected to the industrial and commercial advancement of Pittsburg as any one of the scores of honored and active men who have made the development of this city possible. For almost three score years and ten he made his home here, and in countless ways the progress of the city bears the mark of his strong intellect and far-sightedness. (more)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyq7yfcqyC1qakblyo1_500.png)
Thomas Mellon (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 3, 1908
Thomas Mellon, an entrepreneur, judge, founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of Pittsburgh’s Mellon family, dies at his home on Negley Avenue at the age of 95. [Historic Pittsburgh]
It was Mellon’s 95th birthday, and his wife’s 91st.
From The Pittsburg Press, Feb. 3, 1908:
JUDGE MELLON EXPIRES, SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS
Today Judge and Mrs. Mellon Were to Celebrate Double Birthday, He Being 95 and She 91 Years Old.
Wife Sustained Shock of His Death Bravely. (…)
The story of Judge Mellon’s life tells the story of the advancement of Pittsburg. He was as closely connected to the industrial and commercial advancement of Pittsburg as any one of the scores of honored and active men who have made the development of this city possible. For almost three score years and ten he made his home here, and in countless ways the progress of the city bears the mark of his strong intellect and far-sightedness. (more)
![Lady Bird Johnson, left, with Paul and Rachel “Bunny” Mellon at the National Gallery of Art, created through gifts from the Mellon family. [The New York Times]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m41adkGqCa1qakblyo1_1280.jpg)
Lady Bird Johnson, left, with Paul and Rachel “Bunny” Mellon at the National Gallery of Art, created through gifts from the Mellon family. [The New York Times]
Andrew W. Mellon (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 24, 1855
Andrew W. Mellon, banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and Secretary of the Treasury from 1921 until 1932, is born in East Liberty. [Historic Pittsburgh; Wikipedia]
![On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 19, 1858
Banker and industrialist Richard Beatty “R.B.” Mellon is born in Pittsburgh. [Wikipedia]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0mpmzNWe21qakblyo1_1280.png)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 19, 1858
Banker and industrialist Richard Beatty “R.B.” Mellon is born in Pittsburgh. [Wikipedia]
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 20, 1935 Government attorneys accused Andrew W. Mellon, former Secretary of the Treasury, at today’s continuation of the [Mellon tax trial] hearing, of short selling, involving an alleged deficiency in his income-tax payments before the Board of Tax Appeals. [The New York Times]
President Warren G. Harding and Andrew W. Mellon (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 4, 1921
Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh financier, was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in the cabinet of President Warren G. Harding. [Historic Pittsburgh]
An excerpt from “Mellon’s Millions, the Biography of a Fortune: The Life and Times of Andrew W. Mellon,”by Harvey O’ Connor (1933):
The public received its first inkling on New Year’s Day of 1921 that he was being considered. The Times reported that Senator Knox had urged upon Harding the appointment of Mellon, identified to the mystified public as “a Pittsburgh banker.” Mellon, it was explained, “is highly regarded in Pennsylvania and was active in the campaign of raising funds for Harding and Coolidge.”
It is desirable that the incumbent of the Treasury office “come from the West” and not be identified with “big banking interests.”
George S. Oliver, publisher of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, which Mellon had financed, and James Francis Burke, a Republican wheelhorse in the Iron City, went to the front porch at Marion, Ohio, to sound a note which later grew into a great orchestration. They believed his appointment “would be gratifying to the businessmen of the country.” But the President-elect, like most of his countrymen, had never heard of Mellon. His advisors produced the Directory of Directors and the list of heavy donors to the G.O.P. war chest. The Pittsburgher was summoned to Marion. On February 4, 1921, it was reported that he was resigning all of his business directorships. (more)
![Thomas Mellon (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 3, 1908
Thomas Mellon, an entrepreneur, judge, founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of Pittsburgh’s Mellon family, dies at his home on Negley Avenue at the age of 95. [Historic Pittsburgh]
It was Mellon’s 95th birthday, and his wife’s 91st.
From The Pittsburg Press, Feb. 3, 1908:
JUDGE MELLON EXPIRES, SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS
Today Judge and Mrs. Mellon Were to Celebrate Double Birthday, He Being 95 and She 91 Years Old.
Wife Sustained Shock of His Death Bravely. (…)
The story of Judge Mellon’s life tells the story of the advancement of Pittsburg. He was as closely connected to the industrial and commercial advancement of Pittsburg as any one of the scores of honored and active men who have made the development of this city possible. For almost three score years and ten he made his home here, and in countless ways the progress of the city bears the mark of his strong intellect and far-sightedness. (more)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyq7yfcqyC1qakblyo1_1280.png)
Thomas Mellon (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 3, 1908
Thomas Mellon, an entrepreneur, judge, founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of Pittsburgh’s Mellon family, dies at his home on Negley Avenue at the age of 95. [Historic Pittsburgh]
It was Mellon’s 95th birthday, and his wife’s 91st.
From The Pittsburg Press, Feb. 3, 1908:
JUDGE MELLON EXPIRES, SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS
Today Judge and Mrs. Mellon Were to Celebrate Double Birthday, He Being 95 and She 91 Years Old.
Wife Sustained Shock of His Death Bravely. (…)
The story of Judge Mellon’s life tells the story of the advancement of Pittsburg. He was as closely connected to the industrial and commercial advancement of Pittsburg as any one of the scores of honored and active men who have made the development of this city possible. For almost three score years and ten he made his home here, and in countless ways the progress of the city bears the mark of his strong intellect and far-sightedness. (more)
