Lindley Garrison | |
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 Garrison in 1913 | |
| 46thUnited States Secretary of War | |
| In office March 5, 1913 – February 10, 1916 | |
| President | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | Henry L. Stimson |
| Succeeded by | Newton D. Baker |
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| Born | Lindley Miller Garrison (1864-11-28)November 28, 1864 Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | October 19, 1932(1932-10-19) (aged 67) Sea Bright, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Margaret Hildeburn |
| Education | Harvard University(BA) University of Pennsylvania(LLB) |
Lindley Miller Garrison (November 28, 1864 – October 19, 1932) was an American lawyer fromNew Jersey who served asSecretary of War underU.S. PresidentWoodrow Wilson between 1913 and 1916.
Lindley Miller Garrison was born inCamden, New Jersey, the son of the Reverend Joseph Fithian Garrison (1823–1892) and Elizabeth Vanarsdale (Grant) Garrison (1829–1903). His brother wasCharles G. Garrison, an associate justice of theNew Jersey Supreme Court[1] He attended public schools and theProtestant Episcopal Academy inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied atPhillips Exeter Academy for one year before attendingHarvard University as a special student from 1884 to 1885. He studied law in the office of Redding, Jones & Carson of Philadelphia, received a law degree from theUniversity of Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar in 1886. He practiced law in Camden from 1888 to 1898 and became a partner in the firm of Garrison, McManus & Enright inJersey City in 1899. He married Margaret Hildeburn in Jersey City on 30 June 1899.[2] Garrison served as vice-chancellor of New Jersey from 1904 to 1913, where he came to GovernorWoodrow Wilson's notice.
From March 5, 1913 to February 10, 1916, Garrison served as Secretary of War in the Wilson administration. Garrison and Wilson never fit well together. Garrison was much more willing to intervene militarily overseas than was the President. This was especially evident in regard to Mexico. Garrison urged American intervention into the Mexican revolution to restore order. During the Preparedness campaign of 1916, when Wilson was trying to convince Congress to raise military spending, Garrison supported a plan for expanding the US military with what he called the Continental Army Plan. Garrison's proposal would establish a standing army of 140,000 and a national, volunteer reserve force of 400,000 men. Wilson initially gave the plan tepid support, but Garrison ran into opposition from both those who felt his plan went too far in creating a large standing army, as well as from those who felt it did not go far enough. Wilson was convinced by allies in Congress to back an alternative plan which emphasized not Garrison's national volunteer force, but a continued role for the states' National Guard. Garrison resigned in February 1916 over these differences.[3]
After leaving Wilson's administration Garrison returned to the practice of law in the firm of Hornblower, Miller & Garrison (nowWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP). He was appointed receiver of theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company in December 1918 and served until June 1923. His wife Margaret died in Manhattan in 1926.[4] He died on October 19, 1932, at his home inSea Bright, New Jersey.[5]
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