Talk:George B. Cortelyou

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My family tells me he was once married to my great aunt Rosalie Myers. Once looking into it I discovered he was once Chairman of the Republican Party and more recently read this:

The U.S. National Archives published an article on "White House Press Secretaries" and stated that because of the assassination of President McKinley (at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY [1901] where Mr. Cortelyou is seen in a photo standing next to the President here online) the press was invited into the White House where Mr. Cortelyou spoke to them. Oddly, when the article was written Ms. Dee Dee Myers was in service in that capacity, but was not within the article referred to, though she served in that capacity for three years, I think. Other men that followed Cortelyou were. I am also under the impression that historians consider George Bruce MacDonald Cortelyou, overlooked in American History and his papers should be reviewed and reported about, such an important chapter in history, the Spanish-American War, the beginnings of conservation, included. I wonder if many of his records are in shorthand, which he taught in school in New York City. He is listed as living at 4 Irving Place where he was an early CEO of Con Edison in NYC, near Elihu Root's surviving landmark place (former Secretary of War) also on Irving Place. The Con Edison Museum, around the corner on 14th Street, has him listed among it's many executives with names posted on an exhibit wall.

And: "...live in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. "Victorian Homes" magazine recently featured their home as a "living museum" and "A trip back in time." Built in 1901, the three-story, red brick Victorian mansion once belonged to George Bruce Cortelyou, ("...married to Lilly Hinds" - Daniel W. Mattausch) who held various positions in the administrations of Presidents McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt. Nancy works for the Navy Program Office in Crystal City, Virginia. Dan has a master's degree and doctorate in American government and spends most of his energies researching the history and lost technological knowledge connected with gas lighting."

http://www.spu.edu/depts/uc/response/Sum97/fn/news.html

George B. Cortelyou also later lived at the "Harbor Lights" estate in Huntington, NY, where he was a member of the Huntington Yacht Club. He is listed in the local history section of the newspaper "Newsday" with Harry Chapin, as the other former famous resident of Huntington, Long Island, NY.

Some other resources:

Further: Picture at "Find A Grave Cemetery Records" http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6850514&pt=George%20Cortelyou http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=641128

Lewis Gould's The Modern American Presidency is a good account of Courtelyou's time as presidential assistant. Thepedestrian 01:15, 12 October 2005 (UTC)