Alexander Treadwell

Alexander Ferguson "Sandy" Treadwell (born March 25, 1946) is an American politician, journalist, and artist. He was Secretary of State of New York, as well as New York's representative on the Republican National Committee. His father, John F. W. Treadwell, was a Brigadier in the British Army.

While he was still an infant, his family moved to Albany.

He worked for Classic Sports magazine for four years in the late 1970s. In its review, Library Journal wrote, "Essential reading for both the amateur and professional distance runner."

Politics Treadwell became active in the Republican Party in Essex County, New York. As Secretary, Treadwell was active in reorganizing the Department of State in order to streamline operations and improve efficiency. He reduced the agency's workforce without layoffs while holding the line on spending. He was also active in local government issues statewide. He served as the Secretary of State through 2001.

In 2004, Treadwell faced controversy after he supported Assemblyman Howard Mills as the party's nominee for the U.S. Senate against Senator Chuck Schumer over the would-be candidate Michael Benjamin. Benjamin publicly accused Treadwell and Governor George Pataki of trying to muscle him out of the Senate race and undermine the democratic process because he was half Honduran.

Treadwell stepped down as state chairman in 2004 to become New York's Republican National Committeeman. Former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, hit the campaign trail on his behalf. However, conservative commentator George Marlin criticized Treadwell, labeling him a "social moderate" and a "liberal elitist trust bab". Treadwell spent more than $6 million on his campaign; nearly $5 million was his own money. Gillibrand spend $4.49 million. In 2020, Treadwell was a founder of a Bipartisan Committee to Elect Joe Biden; the committee started to support Democrat Amy Klobuchar who later withdrew from the presidential race.

Artist At 67 years old, Treadwell became an artist, specializing in charcoal portraits. He is affiliated with the Ojai Studio Artists. His gallery is the Ojai Valley Artists at 238 East Ojai Avenue in Ojai, California.

Personal life Treadwell married Elisabeth "Libby" Ward Krautter on March 21, 1970, in Saints Chapel of Christ Episcopal Church in Winnetka, Illinois. Krautter was also a writer for Sports Illustrated and was one of the first woman journalists to cover professional football. In addition, she is a poet. They had an apartment in Manhattan, but also lived in Essex County, New York near his mother. They moved to Westport in 1972. The couple had two children: Zachary and Caroline.

In 1980, he saw runners in the New York City Marathon. The next day, he began training for the 1981 marathon. At the time, Treadwell smoked two and a half packs of cigarettes a day. He ran both the New York City Marathon and the London Marathon two times, as well as running the Moscow Marathon once.

In 2004, he purchased a home in Lake Placid, New York. He spent winters there and summers in Westport on the farm where he spent his childhood. The family also has a house in California.

In 2004, President George W. Bush appointed Treadwell to the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 2006, he was the president of the Lake Placid Regional Winter Sports Committee. He has also served as vice president of the Clark Foundation.