Mellon had two children, Ailsa and Paul, who both founded charitable organizations. Mellon was appointed secretary of the Treasury in 1921 by President Warren G. Harding. Although he had been ...

Son Paul kept 1,300 shares ... To Government counsel that meant just one thing: Andrew Mellon, while Secretary of the Treasury, was trading in bank stocks under his brother’s name.

The building was named for Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937), who was appointed treasury secretary by President Warren G. Harding in 1921 and continued to serve under Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert ...