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Straus, Oscar Solomon

Born: 1850 AD
Died: 1926 AD, at 76 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
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US (German-born) administrator and diplomat

 

US ambassador to Turkey 1887-1889, 1898-1899, 1909-1910

 

Secretary of Commerce and Labor 1906-1909 (1st Jewish Cabinet member)

 

son of Lazarus Straus

 

brother of Isidor Straus and Nathan Straus


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