L. M. Shaw

Leslie Mortier Shaw (November 2, 1848 – March 28, 1932) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician. He served as the 17th governor of Iowa and was a Republican candidate in the 1908 United States presidential election. He was Secretary of the Treasury from 1902 to 1907.

Early life Shaw was born on November 2, 1848 in Morristown, Vermont, the son of Boardman O. Shaw and Louise Spaulding "Lovisa" Shaw. He attended Cornell College in 1874 and then University of Iowa Law in 1876.

Governorship

In 1898, he became the 17th governor of Iowa, serving until 1902. He resigned on March 3, 1907, to become a banker in New York City.

He was a candidate for the Republican Party nomination during the U.S. presidential election in 1908. Shaw was a critic of Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations. He campaigned for Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. He was a strong supporter of the Smoot-Hawley tariff.

Later life

After leaving the Presidential Cabinet, he returned to banking, working in New York City and Philadelphia, eventually becoming president of banks in both cities.

Shaw died of pneumonia in Washington, D.C. in 1932, and was buried in a mausoleum at Oakland Cemetery in Denison, Iowa.