Andrew+Mellon



Andrew Mellon was the American secretary of the Treasury. During this occupation he persuaded congress to decrease taxes. He was also one of the nation's richest men behind John D. Rockerfeller and Henry Ford in the 1920s. He reached his greatest fortune in 1929-30 at $300-400 million. In February of 1932 he left the United States to become the ambassador of the United Kingdom.

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