Robert J. Grant

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Robert J. Grant
Robert J. Grant, Supt. of the Denver Mint, has been appt. by Pres. to be Dir. of the mint succeeding F.E. Scobey LCCN2016892799 (cropped).tif
Grant, photographed in 1923
27th Director of the United States Mint
In office
November 1923 – May 1933
President
Preceded byFrank Edgar Scobey
Succeeded byNellie Tayloe Ross

Robert J. Grant (1862 – November 24, 1950)[1] was Director of the United States Mint from 1923 to 1933.

Grant was born in Nova Scotia. Before becoming Director of the U.S. Mint, Grant was the Superintendent of the Denver Mint. In 1923, President of the United States Calvin Coolidge nominated Grant to be Director of the United States Mint and Grant subsequently held this office from November 1923 to May 1933.[2] Upon leaving the U.S. Mint, Grant sailed to Shanghai to become mint adviser to the Chinese Nationalist government.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Facts on File Yearbook". 1950.
  2. ^ List of Directors from the U.S. Mint
  3. ^ "The Cabinet: Mint Lady", Time, May 8, 1933
Government offices
Preceded by Director of the United States Mint
November 1923 – May 1933 		Succeeded by
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