This photograph shows President William McKinley at work with his secretary, John Addison Porter, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Porter was the first person to hold the official title of "Secretary to the President." During the William McKinley administration, the Cabinet Room was located on the Second Floor of the White House, in what would later be called the Treaty Room.
This photograph shows President William McKinley at work with his secretary, John Addison Porter, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Porter was the first person to hold the official title of "Secretary to the President." During the William McKinley administration, the Cabinet Room was located on the Second Floor of the White House, in what would later be called the Treaty Room.