Walter L. Fisher
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Walter Lowrie Fisher was United States Secretary of the Interior
under President William Howard Taft
from 1911 to 1913.
Fisher was born July 4, 1862 in Wheeling, Virginia
(now West Virginia) to Daniel Webster Fisher (1838 – 1913), a presbyterian minister, and his wife Amanda D. Kouns († 1911). He married Mabel Taylor on April 22, 1891 and they had five sons and two daughters.
Fisher had a brother, Dr. Howard Lowrie Fisher, who established a hospital for war victims in France during World War I
. He survived the sinking of the RMS Lusitania
in 1915 by jumping off the ship.
Dr. Fisher died November 9, 1935 in Winnetka
, Illinois
.
United States Secretary of the Interior
The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.The US Department of the Interior should not be confused with the concept of Ministries of the Interior as used in other countries...
under President William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...
from 1911 to 1913.
Fisher was born July 4, 1862 in Wheeling, Virginia
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...
(now West Virginia) to Daniel Webster Fisher (1838 – 1913), a presbyterian minister, and his wife Amanda D. Kouns († 1911). He married Mabel Taylor on April 22, 1891 and they had five sons and two daughters.
Fisher had a brother, Dr. Howard Lowrie Fisher, who established a hospital for war victims in France during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. He survived the sinking of the RMS Lusitania
RMS Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. The ship entered passenger service with the Cunard Line on 26 August 1907 and continued on the line's heavily-traveled passenger service between Liverpool, England and New...
in 1915 by jumping off the ship.
Dr. Fisher died November 9, 1935 in Winnetka
Winnetka, Illinois
Winnetka is an affluent North Shore village located approximately north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. Winnetka was featured on the list of America's 25 top-earning towns and "one of the best places to live" by CNN Money in 2011...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
.