Talk:William Gibbs McAdoo

Naming discrepancies
Dr. William Gibbs McAdoo was his father, but the younger McAdoo did not go by Junior. Some sources give William Gibbs McAdoo I, II, and III. However, his gravestone at Arlington gives the subject of this article as simply William Gibbs McAdoo, and his son is listed as William Gibbs McAdoo, Jr. Jokestress 02:40, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Francis Pemberton was called the son of John Pemberton (inventor of Coke) instead of John C. Pemberton (Confederate General). I changed it based on the "General" reference but don't know for sure who the author was refering to...the "general" or the "person". User:paul_r_wood —Preceding undated comment added 05:28, 2 March 2011 (UTC).

Work in the Federal Reserve
¶ I hesitated to insert this on my own initiative because it seems to be accepted in some other Wiki articles that Charles S. Hamlin was the first Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, but the First Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Board (for the period ending Dec. 31, 1914, published GPO, 1915) identifies, on page 23, William Gibbs McAdoo, Sec. of the Treasury as the Chairman, and Charles S. Hamlin as the Governor. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105545214;view=1up;seq=29 I feel this is significant enough that someone with better credentials than mine ought to verify and possibly clarify this matter. Sussmanbern (talk) 15:51, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 14:12, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Closing of the New York Stock Exchange
Just as people err in saying "I could care less" when they mean "I couldn't care less," the language "cannot be underemphasized" is incorrectly applied to an important action. I have corrected it to "cannot be overemphasized," i.e. "No amount of emphasis, however great, would be too much." Altgeld (talk) 23:39, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

divorce from Eleanor Randolph Wilson
I find "McAdoo's second marriage ended in divorce in July 1935," but I am seeing 1934 for that divorce in Eleanor Randolph Wilson's wikipedia entry. Please reconcile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.47 (talk) 14:51, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

United Artists
William Gibbs McAdoo wasn't just general counsel for the founders of United Artists; he chiseled his way into being part owner of United Artists.184.76.56.97 (talk) 07:50, 6 June 2015 (UTC)JSJR 06062015

Presidential nomination
Why is it that the page on presidential term limits here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution claims that McAdoo was blocked from the nomination in 1920 by his father-in-law Wilson?

True or false? Does the other page need an edit? Or "citation needed"? Anyone? --gobears87 (talk) 15:24, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
 * These two pages still have differing information about the 1920 nomination. Correction to one or the other would be great. --gobears87 (talk) 19:04, 2 January 2018 (UTC)


 * I have tagged the sentence in the lead as dubious and may remove it as it is not supported by either an RS or the discussion of his attempts to gain the nomination farther down in the article. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:35, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you! It occurs to me I have a reason to email Heather Cox Richardson, who will know, and ask if she knows and if she can suggest a source. Might be useful? She talked about it last week in her Thursday online talk but I don't think was specific about that. Cheers! --gobears87 (talk) 01:18, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

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Discrepancy for date of death
The article says that McAdoo died on February 1, 1941 while enroute to FDR's 3rd inauguration, which was on January 20, 1941, 12 days prior to McAdoo's death. Bill S. (talk) 04:49, 11 April 2018 (UTC)