About Robert E. Preston
Lived 1836 – 1911 (aged 74–75). Robert E. Preston was a director.
Robert E. Preston (1836 – June 24, 1911) was Director of the United States Mint from 1893 to 1898.
Biography Preston was born in Bean Station, Tennessee in 1836. In 1856, United States Secretary of the Treasury James Guthrie appointed Preston to a clerkship in the office of the first auditor.
When the Mint Bureau was created by the Coinage Act of 1873, Henry Linderman, the Director of the United States Mint, encouraged Preston to join the Mint Bureau. Preston served as Computer of Bullion, Assay Clerk, Adjuster of Accounts, and Mint Examiner. Preston's appointment was strictly on the basis of merit; with the free silver question raging, Cleveland wanted to appoint a nonpartisan as Mint Director.
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Who was Robert E. Preston?
Director of the United States Mint
When was Robert E. Preston born?
Robert E. Preston was born in 1836 in Bean Station.
When did Robert E. Preston die?
Robert E. Preston died on 24 June 1911.
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Robert E. Preston was a director.
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