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 to Mr. E. B. Washburne. No. 161.] Department of State, Washington, September 8, 1870. * * * * * * About an hour after the receipt of your…
Mr. Davis to Sir Edward Thornton, Department of State, Washington, November 7, 1870. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 4th instant, touching the…
Mr. Davis to the Secretary of War. Department of State, November 7, 1870. Sir: Questions having arisen which render it important that the boundary line, extending from the Lake of…
Mr. Davis to Mr. Bancroft. No. 261.] Department of State, Washington, November 8, 1870. Sir: Referring to my No. 259, inclosing a copy of Mr. Fish’s telegram of the 1st…
No. 227. Mr. Davis to Sir Edward Thornton Department of State, Washington, July 14, 1871. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 11th…
No. 230. Mr. Davis to Mr. Pakenham Department of State, Washington, August 9, 1871. My Dear Mr. Pakenham: Dennis C. Murphy, master of the Lizzie A. Tarr, of Gloucester, has…
No. 232. Mr. Davis to Mr. Packenham Department of State, Washington, August 19, 1871. Sir: I have received your note of the 15th instant, in which you inform me of…
No. 243. Mr. Davis to Mr. Hudson No. 35.] Department of State, Washington, September 6, 1871. Sir: Your dispatches, numbered 37, 38, and 39, have been received. The efforts which…
No. 234. Mr. Davis to F. J. Packenham Department of State, Washington, September 23, 1871. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 18th…
Mr. Davis to Mr. Bancroft. No. 379.] Department of State, Washington, September 28, 1871. Sir: With reference to your dispatch of the 1st instant, No. 255, and to the note…
No. 270. Mr. Davis to Mr. De Long No. 114.] Department of State, Washington, October 17, 1871. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of the 4th…
No. 40. Mr. Davis to Mr. Low. No. 57.] Department of State, Washington, October 19, 1871. Sir: The delay in answering your No. 56 has not been caused by a…
No. 48. Mr. Davis to Mr. Partridge. Department of State, Washington, October 21, 1871. No. 19.] Sir: In reply to your dispatch No. 13, of the 23d ultimo, communicating the…
No. 163. Mr. Davis to General Schenck. Department of State, Washington, May 20, 1873. No. 386.] Sir: Referring to your No. 395, of the 29th ultimo, in which you state…
No. 124. Mr. Davis to Marquis de Noailles. Department of State, Washington, July 22, 1873. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 12th…
No. 149. Mr. Davis to Mr. Stumm. Department of State, Washington, July 25, 1873. Sir.: In reply to the application made by you on the 2d instant, in behalf of…
No. 243. Mr. Davis to Mr. Bancroft. Department of State, Washington, August 18, 1873. No. 603.] Sir: Referring to your No. 502, requesting information concerning the so-called American University of…
No. 82. Mr. Davis to Mr. Low. Department of State, Washington, September 18, 1873. No. 150.] Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of the 10th of…
No. 88. Mr. Davis to Mr. Williamson. Department of State, Washington, December 22, 1873. No. 32.] Sir: Your dispatch No. 61, of the 27th ultimo, has been received. Although some…
No. 131. Mr. Davis to Mr. Morton. [Telegram.] Department of State, Washington, May 25, 1883. Express to family of Laboulaye sincere condolence and sympathy with them in their bereavement. DAVIS,Acting…
No. 107. Mr. Davis to Mr. Scruggs. [Extract.] Department of State, Washington, June 30, 1883. No. 72.] Sir: I have received your No. 87, of the 30th ultimo, touching the…