Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent is an American businessman, financial commentator, and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the treasury. Bessent was a partner at Soros Fund Management (SFM) and founded Key Square Group, a global macro investment firm. He is the first openly gay person to lead the U.S. Treasury Department, the first openly gay U.S. Senate-confirmed Cabinet member in a Republican administration, and the second openly gay U.S. Senate-confirmed Cabinet secretary.
Mr. Davis, Acting Secretary of State, to Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney. Department of State, [89] *Washington, July 2, 1869. Sir: I am directed by the President to acknowledge the receipt…
Mr. Davis, Acting Secretary of State, to Mr. Barlow, United States marshal. Department of State, Washington, August 1, 1869. Sir: I inclose a copy of a note received at this…
[767] *Mr. Davis, Acting Secretary of State, to Mr. Barlow, United States marshal. Department of State, Washington, August 13, 1869. Sir: I give you herewith, for your information, a transcript…
Mr. Davis, Acting Secretary of State, to Mr. Hoar, Attorney General. Department of State, Washington, August 13, 1869. Sir: I give you herewith, for your information, a transcript of a…
Mr. Davis, Acting Secretary of State, to Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury. Department of State, Washington, September 28, 1869. [119] Sir: Confidential information has come to this Department that…
[Telegram.] Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, July 25, 1870. Take subjects of Saxony, Hesse, and Coburg under protection, France consenting. * * * *…
[Telegram.] Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, July 25, 1870. Take subjects of Saxony, Hesse, and Coburg under protection, France consenting. * * * *…
Mr. Davis to Mr. Berthemy. Department of State, Washington, August 6, 1870. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 3d instant, with which,…
Mr. Davis to Mr. Richardson. Department of State, Washington, August 13, 1870. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the letter of the 19th ultimo, from the Treasury Department, making…
[Telegram.] Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, August 14, 1870. Prussian credit opened for removal of Germans. Have notified Secretary, who is absent; shall communicate…
Mr. Davis to Mr. Motley. Department of State, Washington, August 15, 1870. Sir: I transmit a copy of a letter of the 19th ultimo from the Treasury Department, inclosing one…
[Telegram.] Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, August 16, 1870. Your reply to Gramont’s notice of expulsion of Germans is fully approved. You were notified…
Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, August 16, 1870. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatches, numbered 232 to 242, both inclusive.…
Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, August 16, 1870. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatches, numbered 232 to 242, both inclusive.…
[Telegram.] Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B Washburne. Department of State, Washington, August 17, 1870. Instead of “expulsion” in first sentence of yesterday’s dispatch, substitute “departure.” DAVIS, Acting Secretary.
Mr. Davis to Mr. Bancroft. No. 223.] Department of State, Washington, August 23, 1870. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of the 27th ultimo, No. 118,…
Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. No. 158.] Department of State, Washington, August 30, 1870. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of yesterday, which, although…
Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. No. 158.] Department of State, Washington, August 30, 1870. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of yesterday, which, although…
Mr. Davis to Mr Read. No. 60.] Department of State Washington, August 31, 1870. Sir: Your dispatch No. 56 is received. The questions in regard to the receipt of fees,…
[Telegram.] Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, September 6, 1870. If provisional government has actual control and possession of power, and is acknowledged by French…
[Telegram.] Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, September 6, 1870. It appearing by your last dispatch that new government is fully installed and Paris remains…
[Telegram.] Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, September 6, 1870. As soon as situation in your judgment shall justify, tender the congratulations of President and…
[Telegram.] Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. Department of State, Washington, September 7, 1870. Berthemy asks, under instructions from Favre, whether [the] public sentiment in America has changed since…
Mr. Davis to Mr. E. B. Washburne. No. 161.] Department of State, Washington, September 8, 1870. * * * * * * About an hour after the receipt of your…