| Elmer Dover | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Party: | Republican |
| Office: | Assistant Secretary of the Treasury |
| Nominator: | Warren G. Harding |
| Term Start: | December 23, 1921 |
| Term End: | July 25, 1922 |
| Preceded: | Edward G. Clifford |
| Succeeded: | McKenzie Moss |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1873 |
| Birth Place: | McConnelsville, Ohio |
| Death Place: | Tacoma, Washington |
| Spouse: | Martha Steele Peebles (1871–1931) |
Elmer Dover. (April 1, 1873October 3, 1940) was an American political figure, businessman and journalist. He worked at several Ohio newspapers before becoming Senator Mark Hanna's private secretary.[1] In 1904, he became the Secretary of the Republican National Committee.[2] [3] In 1911, Dover left politics and became the president of the Tacoma Gas Company.[4] Dover briefly served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (1921-1922), during which time he was sent on diplomatic missions to Mexico by President Harding.[5] [6] [7] He then returned to private industry. Later Dover would serve as Clerk of the Federal Court for the Western District of Washington.[8] [9]
Dover's obituary stated that he had been a personal friend of six presidents: McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover.[8]
Dover was known for mentoring and supporting African Americans within the Republican Party.[10] [11]
On January 25, 1898, Dover married Martha Steele Peebles, daughter of John G. Peebles, a leading Portsmouth businessman. The couple had one child, a daughter named Mary Elizabeth, born October 5, 1899.[12]
