Ethan Hitchcock
Hitchcock in 1902
22ndUnited States Secretary of the Interior
In office February 20, 1899 – March 4, 1907
President	William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	Cornelius Bliss
Succeeded by	James Garfield
United States Ambassador to Russia
In office December 16, 1897 – January 28, 1899
President	William McKinley
Preceded by	Clifton R. Breckinridge
Succeeded by	Charlemagne Tower Jr.
Personal details
Born	(1835-09-19)September 19, 1835 Mobile,Alabama,U.S.
Died	April 9, 1909(1909-04-09) (aged 73) Washington, D.C.,U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Margaret Dwight Collier
Children	3
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock (September 19, 1835 – April 9, 1909) served underPresidentsWilliam McKinley andTheodore Roosevelt as U.S.Secretary of the Interior.

Hitchcock was born on September 19, 1835, inMobile, Alabama, the son ofHenry Hitchcock (1791–1839), aChief Justice on theAlabama Supreme Court, and Anne Erwin Hitchcock. Henry was also the 1stAlabama Secretary of State and 1stAttorney General of Alabama. He was the brother ofHenry Hitchcock, nephew of Major GeneralEthan Allen Hitchcock, grandson of JudgeSamuel Hitchcock, and great-grandson ofEthan Allen.

He was in mercantile business atSaint Louis, Missouri, 1855–60, then went toChina to enter a commission house, of which firm he became a partner in 1866. He was married to Margaret Dwight Collier on March 20, 1869. Ethan and Margaret Hitchcock had three daughters, Sarah, Anne and Margaret Hitchcock.

In 1872 he retired from business, in 1874 returned to the United States, and in 1874-97 was president of several manufacturing, mining and railway companies.^[1]

He was a member of the Missouri Society of theSons of the Revolution.

Hitchcock was in his sixties when President McKinley appointed him Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary toRussia in 1897 and in February 1898 Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, the first Ambassador accredited from the United States to the court ofRussia.^[1] He was recalled in 1898 to serve in first McKinley's and then his successor, Roosevelt's, Cabinet. As Secretary of the Interior, Hitchcock pursued a vigorous program for theconservation of natural resources and reorganized the administration ofNative American affairs.

Hitchcock died April 9, 1909, inWashington, D.C., at the age of 73. Hitchcock was buried at theBellefontaine Cemetery inSt. Louis, Missouri.^[2]

• Ethan A. Hitchcock atFind a Grave
• New York Times article on Hitchcock's appointment as Interior Secretary December 22, 1898.

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