GAGE, LYMAN JUDSON (1836-1927), American finan cier, was born at De Ruyter, Madison county, N.Y., on June 28, 1836. At the age of '7 he became a bank clerk. In 1855 he removed to Chicago, served for three years as bookkeeper in a planing-mill, and in 1858 entered the banking house of the Merchant's Loan and Trust Company, of which he was cashier in 1861-68. Afterwards he became successively assistant cashier (1868), vice president (1882) and president (1891) of the First National Bank of Chicago. He was chosen in 1892 president of the board of directors of the World's Columbian Exposition. From March 1897 until Jan. 1902 he was secretary of the Treasury in the cabinets successively of Presidents McKinley and Roose velt. From April 1902 until 1906 he was president of the United States Trust Company in New York city. He died on Jan. 26, 1927.