Herbert Livingston Satterlee (October 31, 1863 – July 14, 1947) was an American lawyer, writer, and businessman who served as the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
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from 1908 to 1909.
Early life
Herbert Livingston Satterlee was born in New York City in 1863. He was the son of George Bowen Satterlee (1833–1903) and Sarah Brady Wilcox (b. 1836). His siblings included Marion Satterlee and Richard T. Satterlee.
Through his paternal grandmother, Mary LeRoy ( née Livingston) Satterlee (1811–1886), he is a member of the
Livingston family
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Henry Yates Satterlee
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Satterlee graduated with a B.S. from Columbia College in 1883, received his M.A. in 1884, as well was
Columbia Law School
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with a
Ph.D.
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and
LL.B.
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law degree in 1885.
Career
Satterlee was admitted to the bar in New York in 1885, entering the office of Evarts, Choate and Beeman. During the
Spanish–American War
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, he volunteered for duty in the
Navy
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, serving as a
lieutenant
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Washington, D.C.
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Before and after the war, Satterlee pursued a successful
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Harlan Fiske Stone
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, he was a founding
law partner
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of Satterlee, Canfield & Stone, a predecessor of the present-day firm Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP.
In 1908,
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Theodore Roosevelt
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nominated Satterlee as
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
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From 1861 to 1954, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy was the second-highest civilian office in the Depar ...
. Satterlee held this office from December 3, 1908, to March 5, 1909. He served as President of
The Union League Club
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from 1938 - 1939.
Satterlee authored several books, including a 1939 biography of his father-in-law entitled ''J. Pierpont Morgan: An Intimate Portrait''.
Sotterley Plantation
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in
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.Sotterly Plantation website /ref> Together, they were the parents of two daughters:
* Mabel Morgan Satterlee (1901–1993), who married Francis Abbott Ingalls II (b. 1895), brother of
Laura Ingalls
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, in 1925.
* Eleanor Morgan Satterlee (1905–1951), who married Milo Sargent Gibbs, the son of Milo Delavan Gibbs, in 1929. They divorced shortly after.
In failing health, Satterlee committed suicide with a pistol shot through his right temple at his apartment at 1 Beekman Place in Manhattan, New York City on July 14, 1947, at the age of 83.
Julia Marlowe
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Life and career
Marlowe was born as Sarah Frances Frost at Cald ...