HUGHES TO STEP DOWN AS STATE SECRETARY MARCH 4TH, KELLOGG TO ASSUME ROLE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) The Sunday Star reports on January 11, 1925 that Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes* "will retire from the (Coolidge) cabinet on March 4, and Frank B. Kellogg**, now Ambassador to London, will succeed him."
President Calvin Coolidge has accepted Mr. Hughes' resignation "with regret" while "warmly" praising his service in foreign affairs.
The announcement, made Saturday, came as a surprise "by most of official Washington."
*Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. (1862-1948) was born in Glens Falls, NY & graduated from Brown University & Columbia University School of Law. CEH served as governor of NY 1907-1910, Associate Justice USSC 1910-1916, Secretary of State 1921-1925. He was nominee of Democratic Party in Election of 1916.
**Frank Billings Kellogg (1856-1937) was born in Potsdam, NY & served as US Senator (R-MN) 1917-1923, US Ambassador to Great Britain 1924-1925 & US Secretary of State 1925-1929. FBK was co-author of the Kellogg-Brian Pact (1928) & winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1929).
SOURCE
"Hughes Resigns Post, Effective March 4; Kellogg Given Place," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., January 11, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
