Friedrich Johannes Hugo von Engelken

Friedrich Johannes Hugo von Engelken
Mint Director Friedrich Johannes Hugo von Engelken. Seen on his Mint medal designed by George T. Morgan.
Director of the United States Mint
In office September 1916 – March 1917
President	Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by	Robert W. Woolley
Succeeded by	Raymond T. Baker

Friedrich Johannes Hugo "F. H." von Engelken (April 26, 1881 – 1930) was Director of the United States Mint from 1916 to 1917.

Biography

F. H. von Engelken was reportedly born in Denmark or Germany on April 26, 1881. His parents were Lousi H. von Engelken and Emilie (née Döderlein) von Engelken. He later moved to Florida. He married Louisiana Breckenridge Hart Gibson in 1906.

In 1908, President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt appointed Engelken a member of the American Commission, which studied rural credits in Western Europe. Engelken authored a minority report that later was incorporated into the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916, which created the Farm Credit System.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson named Engelken Director of the United States Mint. He held this office from September 1916 to March 1917.

In 1917, Engelken became president of the Federal Land Bank of the Third District. He later became head of bond sales for the Farm Loan Board.

Toward the end of World War I, United States Secretary of War Newton D. Baker recommended that Engelken be commissioned a major of engineers. In 1919, he traveled to Europe to report on economic conditions.

He most likely died in 1930 however, this is uncertain as another source says he died sometime in 1958 or the 1960s, and he may have married a Florida lawyer by the name of Kate Walton in 1953. There is no evidence to suggest the latter claim.