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U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon, shown in Washington, D.C., on February 10, 1929

The Rise and Fall of Andrew Mellon

He was America’s most powerful businessman and the Treasury secretary throughout the 1920s. His corruption would lead to an impeachment inquiry.

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