Oscar Straus
American diplomat
Died when: 75 years 131 days (904 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Oscar Solomon Straus (December 23, 1850 – May 3, 1926) was an American politician and diplomat.He served as United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906 to 1909, making him the first Jewish United States Cabinet Secretary.
Straus also served in four presidential administrations as America's representative to the Ottoman Empire and ran for Governor of New York in 1912 as the Progressive Party candidate.
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