Robert P. Lamont
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Robert Patterson Lamont (December 1, 1867 - February 20, 1948) was United States Secretary of Commerce March 5, 1929 to August 7, 1932 during the administration of Herbert Hoover. He was commerce secretary during difficult times for commerce, as a result of the Great Depression.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1867, educated at the University of Michigan. In 1916 Lamont constructed a retreat home in northern Wisconsin called Summerwind.
Lamont died in Chicago, Illinois in 1948.
| Preceded by William F. Whiting |
United States Secretary of Commerce March 5, 1929 - August 7, 1932 |
Succeeded by Roy D. Chapin |
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| Secretaries of Commerce & Labor: Cortelyou • Metcalf • Straus • Nagel
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