William P. G. Harding
Encyclopedia
United States
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banker.
Biography
He was born in Boligee, AlabamaBoligee, Alabama
Boligee is a town in Greene County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 369. It is part of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. Boligee has one site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Boligee Hill....
, and graduated from the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
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in 1881. He was the second Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Chairman of the Federal Reserve
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, serving from 1916 to 1922. After working in Cuba to reorganize the financial System, he was appointed president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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in 1923 and served until his death in 1930. His death was due to heart trouble after a long illness. He died at his Boston home. He also served as the managing director of the War Finance Corporation
War Finance Corporation
The War Finance Corporation was a government corporation in the United States created to give financial support to industries essential for World War I, and to banking institutions that aided such industries. It continued to give support to various efforts during the interwar period...
.