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Reviewed on April 1, 2013 | Social Sciences
As personal secretary to President Lincoln and then as secretary of state under Presidents McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt, John Hay (1838–1905) moved in the highest political circles and participated in the crafting of major policies. He recorded many of his experiences in thousands of pages of diaries and letters as well as in published writings such as his biography of Lincoln. Taliaferro (former senior editor, Newsweek; In a Far County: Th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More