Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1848, Nov. 20 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1869 | A.B., Columbia College, New York, N.Y. |
| 1871 | LL.B., Columbia Law School, New York, N.Y. |
| 1871-1876 | Practiced law, New York, N.Y. |
| 1872 | Married Mary Taylor Reeves |
| 1876 | Moved to Richmond, Ind. Attorney, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad |
| 1882-1886 | Republican member, Indiana state senate |
| 1885 | Introduced a bill to establish Indiana civil service system; subsequently organized and became president of the Indiana Civil Service Reform Association |
| 1886-1890 | President, American Woman Suffrage Association |
| 1887 | Published . . . Slav or Saxon; a Study of the Growth and Tendencies of Russian Civilization (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 148 pp.) |
| 1889 | Ceased practicing law |
| 1889-1890 | Conducted an investigation into conditions in the federal civil service for the National Civil Service Reform League |
| 1893 | Acting chairman, woman's suffrage congress at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1893-1921 | President, Proportional Representation League |
| 1899 | Published Life of Oliver P. Morton, Including His Important Speeches (Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Co. 2 vols.) |
| 1900 | Published Maya; a Story of Yucatan (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 219 pp.) |
| 1901 | Appointed member of the Civil Service Commission by President Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1903 | Published Protean Papers (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 197 pp.) |
| 1906-1916 | Editor and part owner, Evening Item, Richmond, Ind. |
| 1910-1914 | President, National Municipal League |
| 1911 | Published Dorothy Day (New York: Cosmopolitan Press. 297 pp.) |
| 1912 | Published Masterpieces of the Masters of Fiction (New York: Cosmopolitan Press. 269 pp.) |
| 1916 | Published Lyrics of War and Peace (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. 119 pp.) |
| 1919 | Published Fighting the Spoilsmen; Reminiscences of the Civil Service Reform Movement (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 348 pp.) |
| 1922 | Published A Hoosier Autobiography (New York: Oxford University Press. 252 pp.) |
| 1923-1924 | President, National Civil Service Reform League |
| 1930 | Published Lucius B. Swift, a Biography (Indianapolis: Published for the Indiana Historical Society by Bobbs-Merrill Co. 153 pp.) |
| 1935, May 30 | Died, Richmond, Ind. |