The committee's final report scolded the railroads for their rebate policies and cited Standard Oil as an example.

He then served three years as National Bank Examiner for the cities of New York and Brooklyn before his appointment as Comptroller of the Currency by President Benjamin Harrison.

[6] An internationally recognized authority on financial and economic questions, Hepburn returned to banking when President Grover Cleveland took office.

[3] A prolific writer on the economy and financial matters, he wrote the books History of Coinage and Currency in the United States: Perennial Contest for Sound Money (1903), A History of Currency in the United States" (1915), and "Artificial Waterways and Commercial Development.

Emily was a niece of Dorman Bridgman Eaton, a lawyer instrumental in American federal Civil Service reform.

After his death, his wife was involved in the development of the Beekman Tower at the corner of First Avenue and East 49th Street.

[19] Somewhat philanthropic, Hepburn donated funds to allow for the construction of libraries for each school he oversaw when he was District Superintendent in St. Lawrence County, New York.