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Shaw (LESLIE MORTIER an American)

LESLIE MORTIER, an American statesman; born in Morristown, Vt., Nov. 2, 1848; was graduated at Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Ia., in 1874, and at the Iowa College of Law in 1876, and in the latter year began the practice of law in Denison, Ia. Some years later he became interested in banking and was made president of the Bank of Denison SHAW UNIVERSITY first became prominent in politics in 1896, where he came out strongly for William first became prominent ent in politics in 1896, where he came out strongly for William McKinley, and soon acquired a high reputation as a public speaker. He was elected governor of Iowa for the terms of 1898-1900 and 1900-1902; and was chairman of the International Monetary Conference in Indianapolis, Ind., in 1898.

He resigned the office of governor in 1902 to succeed Lyman J. Gage as Secretary of the United States Treasury Depart- ment. He retired in 1913, to engage in the banking business.