WEEKS, JOHN WINGATE (186o-1926), American pub lic official, was born at Lancaster, N.H., on April 11, 186o. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1881, and became assistant land commissioner of the Florida Southern railroad. In 1886 he helped to organize the banking and brokerage firm of Hornblower and Weeks, Boston, Massachusetts, of which he was a member until 1912. In 1890 he joined the Massachusetts naval brigade, and he served in the Spanish-American War. During
1905-13 he took an active part in framing the Aldrich-Vreeland Currency bill. In 1913 he entered the U.S. Senate, but was de feated for re-election in 1919. In 1921 he entered the cabinet of President Harding as Secretary of War, serving also in the same post under President Coolidge. He died at Lancaster, N.H., on July 12, 1926.