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Profession
Financier and former U.S. Treasury secretary
Nationality
American
Financier and former U.S. Treasury secretary
American
Robert Rubin made The Jefferson his Washington home during the Clinton years. In a later speech, the former Treasury secretary recalled a December 1997 dinner here with colleagues discussing South Korea's financial crisis. That is a fitting connection for this intimate hotel a few blocks north of the White House. The 1923 Beaux-Arts building now pairs classically furnished rooms with breakfast beneath The Greenhouse's restored skylight and cocktails at Quill. Its scale feels residential rather than grand-convention-hotel, making it a characterful base for travellers drawn to the capital's political history.