Robert P. Lamont

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Robert Lamont
5th United States Secretary of Commerce
In office
March 5, 1929 – August 7, 1932
PresidentHerbert Hoover
Preceded byWilliam F. Whiting
Succeeded byRoy D. Chapin
Personal details
Born
Robert Patterson Lamont

(1867-12-01)December 1, 1867
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedFebruary 20, 1948(1948-02-20) (aged 80)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseHelen Trotter
RelationsRobert L. Belknap (grandson)
Children3
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BS)

Robert Patterson Lamont (December 1, 1867 – February 20, 1948) was

United States secretary of commerce March 5, 1929 to August 7, 1932, during the administration of Herbert Hoover. He was commerce secretary during difficult times for commerce, as a result of the Great Depression
.

Life

West View Farms, Lamont's estate in Lake Forest, Illinois from 1925 to 1934, was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw.

Lamont was born in

Chicago, Illinois, in 1948.[1][2][3] His grandson, Robert L. Belknap, was a professor of Russian literature at Columbia University.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Lamb-hale to Lanbach". Politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ^ Press Reference Library (Western edition). Notables of the West (1915), Being the Portraits and Biographies of the Progressive Men of the West ..., Internat. News Service, pp. 442–
  3. ^ Hoover, Herbert (3 August 1932). "Statement on the Resignation of Robert P. Lamont as Secretary of Commerce". The American Presidency Project. U of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Robert L. Belknap '51". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  5. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  6. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2022-05-28.
Political offices
Preceded by U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Served under: Herbert Hoover
March 5, 1929 – August 7, 1932 		Succeeded by


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