Background
He was the son of Allen S. Tate and Ariana Peck Tate of Grainger County, Tennessee.
He was the son of Allen S. Tate and Ariana Peck Tate of Grainger County, Tennessee.
While holding that post, his duties included being the signatory on United States currency. He had previously served as Deputy Treasurer of the United States, and one of his duties in that post included signing the President"s paycheck. His signature was the first to be included on the modern sized United States paper money as Treasurer of the United States.
Managing money seems to have run in this family, H. T. Tate"s brother Ernest having served as Treasurer of the Southern Railway, headquartered at 15th and K Street North.W. in Washington, District of Columbia, just a few blocks away from the United States Department of the Treasury.