Charles Nagel

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Charles Nagel
Charles Nagel
In office
March 6, 1909 – March 4, 1913
Preceded by Oscar S. Straus
Succeeded by (none)
Born August 9, 1849
Colorado County, Texas, USA
Died January 5, 1940
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Political party Republican
Spouse Fannie Brandeis Nagel
Anne Shepley Nagel
Profession Politician, Lawyer

Charles Nagel (August 9, 1849 – January 5, 1940) was a United States politician and lawyer from St. Louis, Missouri. Born in Colorado County, Texas to Dr. Hermann and Friedericke Litzmann Nagel, he served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883, was president of the St. Louis city council from 1893 to 1897 an was a member of the Republican National Committee from 1908 to 1912. In 1909, President William Howard Taft appointed Nagel Secretary of Commerce and Labor which he served as until 1913. He was the last person to serve in the post before it was seperated to two cabinet positions, Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Labor. Nagel was also a founder of the United States Chamber of Commerce. He died in St. Louis, Missouri on January 5, 1940 and was interned their in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Nagel was the brother-in-law of Louis Dembitz Brandeis, an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Preceded by
Oscar S. Straus		 United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor
March 6, 1909 – March 4, 1913		 Succeeded by
(none)
United States Secretaries of Commerce Seal of the United States Department of Commerce
Secretaries of Commerce & Labor: Cortelyou • Metcalf • Straus • Nagel
Secretaries of Commerce: Redfield • Alexander • Hoover • Whiting • Lamont • Chapin • Roper • Hopkins • Jones • Wallace • Harriman • Sawyer • Weeks • Strauss • Mueller • Hodges • Connor • Trowbridge • Smith • Stans • Peterson • Dent • Morton • Richardson • Kreps • Klutznick • Baldrige • Verity • Mosbacher • Franklin • Brown • Kantor • Daley • Mineta • Evans • Gutierrez
United States Secretaries of Labor Seal of the United States Department of Labor
Secretaries of Commerce & Labor: Cortelyou • Metcalf • Straus • Nagel
Secretaries of Labor: Wilson • Davis • Doak • Perkins • Schwellenbach • Tobin • Durkin • Mitchell • Goldberg • Wirtz • Shultz • Hodgson • Brennan • Dunlop • Usery • Marshall • Donovan • Brock • McLaughlin • Dole • Martin • Reich • Herman • Chao 
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