William McChesney Martin Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_McChesney_Martin_Jr.
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1906-12-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1998-07-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William McChesney Martin Jr.
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:notableFor longest-serving Chairman of the Federal Reserve
gptkbp:notableQuote To take away the punch bowl just as the party gets going.
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:economist
banker
government position
gptkbp:parent gptkb:William_McChesney_Martin_Sr.
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Thomas_B._McCabe
gptkbp:signature William McChesney Martin Jr. signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Cynthia_Martin
gptkb:Cynthia_Davis
Anna B. Martin
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Arthur_F._Burns
gptkbp:termEnd 1970
gptkbp:termStart 1951
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:US_Federal_Reserve_Board
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6