WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—President Roosevelt made the announcement, to-day that John Hay would continue as Secretary of State during the four years beginning March 4 next.

While secretary of state, he helped negotiate the end of the Spanish-American War, established the Open Door policy with China and worked to establish the Panama Canal. The luxurious Hay-Adams ...

In “All the Great Prizes,” John Taliaferro depicts a man who cut a wide swath through the 19th century.

One of these men was, of course, Abraham Lincoln, a native of Kentucky. The other was John Hay, born in Salem, Ind. Hay was destined to serve President Lincoln as his secretary. And, long after ...