Edward M. House, like Wilson a son of the Confederacy steeped in the political and racial mores of southern Democratic society, served as Wilson’s personal political advisor beginning in 1911. House personally assembled most of Wilson’s cabinet, then advised on both domestic and foreign policy throughout Wilson’s two terms without ever being appointed or confirmed to any post. In the 1916 election, he advised Wilson against supporting the Anthony Amendment.
Source photograph: The World’s Work magazine, produced by Doubleday, Page and Company.
Date: 1918
Edward M. House, like Wilson a son of the Confederacy steeped in the political and racial mores of southern Democratic society, served as Wilson’s personal political advisor beginning in 1911. House personally assembled most of Wilson’s cabinet, then advised on both domestic and foreign policy throughout Wilson’s two terms without ever being appointed or confirmed to any post. In the 1916 election, he advised Wilson against supporting the Anthony Amendment.
Source photograph: The World’s Work magazine, produced by Doubleday, Page and Company.
Date: 1918