William Tecumseh Vernon

"Temples fall, statues decay, mausoleums perish, eloquent phrases declaimed are forgotten, but good books are immortal"

William Vernon was the third African American to be appointed ot the post of Register of the Treasury, in this case by President Theodore Roosevelt. He was also a bishop in the A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopal) Church, and a one-time president of Western University.


Register of the Treasury from 06/12/1906 through 03/14/1911



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