Friedrich Johannes Hugo von Engelken
Friedrich Johannes Hugo "F. H." von Engelken (1881–1963) was Director of the United States Mint from 1916 to 1917.
Friedrich Johannes Hugo von Engelken | |
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 Mint Director Friedrich Johannes Hugo von Engelken. Seen on his Mint medal designed by George T. Morgan. | |
| Director of the United States Mint | |
| In office September 1916 – March 1917 | |
| President | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | Robert W. Woolley |
| Succeeded by | Raymond T. Baker |
Biography
F. H. von Engelken was born in Denmark in 1881.[1] He later moved to Florida.[2] He married Louisiana Breckenridge Hart Gibson in 1906.[2] He divorced his first wife, and married Kate Walton, prominent attorney from Palatka, Florida, in 1953.
In 1908, President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt appointed Engelken a member of the American Commission, which studied rural credits in Western Europe.[2] Engelken authored a minority report that later was incorporated into the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916, which created the Farm Credit System.[2]
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson named Engelken Director of the United States Mint. He held this office from September 1916 to March 1917.[2]
In 1917, Engelken became president of the Federal Land Bank of the Third District.[2] He later became head of bond sales for the Farm Loan Board.[2]
Toward the end of World War I, United States Secretary of War Newton D. Baker recommended that Engelken be commissioned a major of engineers.[2] In 1919, he traveled to Europe to report on economic conditions.[2]
