Melvin Alvah Traylor (October 19, 1878 in Breeding, Kentucky – February 14, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois), the eldest of seven children of James Milton Traylor and Kitty Frances Traylor née Harvey. He was an American lawyer and banker. He spoke out on the financial causes of the Great Depression and gained national attention, appearing on the cover of Time Magazine on November 21, 1932. He was considered a possible Democratic candidate for president in 1932 but he did not pursue this candidacy, though he received approximately 40 votes on each of the first three ballots at the convention.
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| - Melvin Alvah Traylor (* 19. Oktober 1878 in , Kentucky; † 14. Februar 1934 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Rechtsanwalt und Bankier. (de)
- Melvin Alvah Traylor (October 19, 1878 in Breeding, Kentucky – February 14, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois), the eldest of seven children of James Milton Traylor and Kitty Frances Traylor née Harvey. He was an American lawyer and banker. He spoke out on the financial causes of the Great Depression and gained national attention, appearing on the cover of Time Magazine on November 21, 1932. He was considered a possible Democratic candidate for president in 1932 but he did not pursue this candidacy, though he received approximately 40 votes on each of the first three ballots at the convention. (en)
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| - Melvin Alvah Traylor (* 19. Oktober 1878 in , Kentucky; † 14. Februar 1934 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Rechtsanwalt und Bankier. (de)
- Melvin Alvah Traylor (October 19, 1878 in Breeding, Kentucky – February 14, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois), the eldest of seven children of James Milton Traylor and Kitty Frances Traylor née Harvey. He was an American lawyer and banker. He was admitted to the bar in Hillsboro, Texas in 1901 and entered banking in 1908 when he became vice president of the Citizens National Bank of Ballinger, the bank merged with the in 1909 and Traylor became its president. He went on to oversee several banks around the United States and became president of the American Bankers Association in 1926 and later the first president of the in 1928 which would go on to become Chicago's largest bank under his leadership in 1931. He was a strong proponent of a world bank and was a part of the American delegation to the conference that set up the Bank of International Settlements. He spoke out on the financial causes of the Great Depression and gained national attention, appearing on the cover of Time Magazine on November 21, 1932. He was considered a possible Democratic candidate for president in 1932 but he did not pursue this candidacy, though he received approximately 40 votes on each of the first three ballots at the convention. He served as president of the American Bankers' Association, president of the Shedd Aquarium Society, and trustee of the Newberry Library, Northwestern University, and of Berea College. He married Dorthy Arnold Yerby 8 June 1906 and they were parents of Melvin Alvah Traylor, Jr. and Nancy Frances Traylor. He died after a long battle with pneumonia on February 14, 1934 in Chicago, Cook Co. Illinois. (en)
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