American businessman and statesman Andrew Mellon is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mellon took over for his father at T. Mellon & Sons, which eventually became Mellon National Bank, before turning to public service, where he was appointed to be the Secretary of the Treasury by President Harding and briefly served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom for President Hoover.
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