George C. Mathews
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| office = Member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
| president = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| term_start = July 2, 1934
| term_end = April 15, 1940
| predecessor = None (office created)
| successor = Sumner Pike
| office2 = Member of the Federal Trade Commission
| president2 = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| term_start2 = October 27, 1933
| term_end2 = July 2, 1934
| predecessor2 = William E. Humphrey
| successor2 = Robert E. Freer
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|02|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Northwood, Iowa, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1946|07|11|1886|02|22|mf=y}}
| death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| party = Republican
| alma_mater = University of Wisconsin–Madison
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George C. Mathews (February 22, 1886 – July 11, 1946) was an American economist who served as a member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under Franklin Delano Roosevelt from 1934 to 1940.
Biography
Mathews was born in Northwood, Iowa on February 22, 1886. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1908, and served on the faculties of the University of Wisconsin and Oregon State University. He later worked as a rate expert for the Wisconsin Railroad Commission, and was a professor of public utilities at Northwestern University.
A liberal Republican from Wisconsin, Mathews served on the Wisconsin Public Utilities Commission before being appointed by Roosevelt to the Federal Trade Commission on October 27, 1933.{{cite book | last = Schlesinger | first = Arthur Meier | title = The Coming of the New Deal, 1933–1935 | year = 2003 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mj3VmJ38tHIC&pg=PA468 | publisher = Alfred A. Knopf | pages = 468 | isbn = 0618340866 }}{{cite web| url=http://www.sechistorical.org/museum/galleries/kennedy/building_b.php | title= 431 Days: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Creation of the SEC | access-date=2008-12-18}}
Mathews also served as a vice president of the Northern States Power Company and the Middle West Utilities Company, and executive vice president of the Standard Gas and Electric Company. In 1934, Mathews was appointed as one of the original members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and he served until 1940.{{cite web| url=http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/history/docs/90thAnniv_Program.pdf | title= Federal Trade Commission: 90th Anniversary Symposium | access-date=2008-12-18}}
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External links
- [http://sechistorical.org/collection/photos/full/1936_1231_sec.jpg Photo of SEC Commission (1936–37)]
- [http://sechistorical.org/collection/photos/full/1938_1231_sec.jpg Photo of the SEC Commission (1938–39)]
- [http://sechistorical.org/collection/photos/full/1939_1231_sec.jpg Photo of the SEC Commission (1939–1940)]
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Category:People from Worth County, Iowa
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Category:20th-century American economists
Category:Federal Trade Commission personnel
Category:Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Category:Franklin D. Roosevelt administration personnel
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