Winfred Thaxter Denison (June 30, 1873 – November 5, 1919) was the United States Assistant Attorney General and Secretary of the Interior for the Philippines from 1913 to 1916.
Winfred Thaxter Denison | |
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Philippine Secretary of the Interior | |
In office 1913–1916 | |
Appointed by | Francis Burton Harrison |
Preceded by | Dean Worcester |
Succeeded by | Rafael Palma |
Personal details | |
Born | Portland, Maine, U.S. | June 30, 1873
Died | November 5, 1919 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | (aged 46)
Alma mater | Harvard University |
He was born in Portland, Maine on June 30, 1873. He attended Harvard University and was editor-in-chief of the literary magazine, The Harvard Monthly. Despondent because of ill health he died by suicide when he jumped in front of a subway train at Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, New York City on November 5, 1919.[1]
Despondent because of ill health, Winfred Thaxter Denison, formerly Assistant Attorney General of the United States, threw himself in front of a downtown local subway train at the Pennsylvania Station early yesterday afternoon and was killed instantly.