William McChesney Martin Jr. (December 17 1906 – July 28 1998) was the ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Bank serving from April 2 1951 to January 31 1970 under five presidents. Martin who once considered becoming a Presbyterian minister was described by a Washington journalist as the happy Puritan.
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active years end date
1970-02-01
active years start date
1951-04-02
birth date
1906-12-17
birth place
St. Louis
death date
1998-07-28
death place
Washington D.C.
order in office
9th Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
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