| Intro | Director of the US mint |
| Was | Politician |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 29 April 1871, Lexington |
| Death |
15 December 1958 (aged 87 years) |
Robert Wickliffe Woolley (April 29, 1871 – December 15, 1958) an American Democratic politician from Washington D.C.. He was Director of the United States Mint from 1915 to 1916, and a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1920. He was a critic of American fuel consumption.
Biography
He was born on April 29, 1871 in Lexington, Kentucky to Franklin Waters Woolley (1845-1891) and Lucy McCaw (1844-1905)
He married Marguerite Holmes Trenholm Woolley (1878-1936) and had three children.
He was Director of the United States Mint from 1915 to 1916.
During President Wilson’s 1916 reelection bid, Woolley was the chairman of the Bureau of Publicity for the Democratic National Committee and was credited with the successful slogan “He Has Kept Us Out of the War.”
He was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1920.
He died on December 15, 1958.