Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1833, Sept. 30 | Born, Dillsburg, Pa. |
| 1850 | Graduated Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa. |
| 1854 | Admitted to bar and began law practice, Beaver County, Pa. |
| 1855, Oct. 10 | Married Agnes Barclay |
| 1856-1859 | Prothonotary of Beaver County |
| 1861-1865 | Lieutenant, Tenth Pennsylvania Reserves Colonel, 134th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers Lieutenant colonel and assistant commissary general, Militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Military state agent, Washington, D. C. Private secretary to Gov. Andrew G. Curtin of Pennsylvania Major and chief, Department of Transportation and Telegraph, staff of Governor Curtin Military secretary to Governor Curtin |
| 1865-1867 | Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| 1867-1872 | Owned and edited the Beaver Radical |
| 1872-1882 | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
| 1878-1879 | Recorder of the city of Philadelphia, Pa. Chairman of the Republican state committee |
| 1885 | Selected as member of Republican National Committee |
| 1885-1887 | Pennsylvania state treasurer |
| 1887 | Elected, United States Senate |
| 1888 | Chairman, Republican National Committee, during presidential campaign of Benjamin Harrison Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery at Fredericksburg, Va., during the Civil War |
| 1893 | Reelected, United States Senate |
| 1895 | Named chairman, Pennsylvania Republican central committee |
| 1896 | Candidate for president Member, executive committee, Republican National Committee |
| 1898, Nov. | Indicted for conspiracy to misuse state funds |
| 1899, Jan. | Failed to be reelected to United States Senate because of deadlock in Pennsylvania legislature |
| 1899, Apr. 21 | Acquitted of misuse of state funds; appointed United States Senator, ad interim |
| 1900, Apr. 24 | Denied seat in United States Senate by resolution of that body |
| 1901 | Reelected, United States Senate |
| 1904, May 28 | Died, Beaver, Pa. |