Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1888, June 22 | Born, Jamaica Plain, Mass. |
| 1905 | Graduated from Newton High School, Newton, Mass. |
| 1909 | A.B., Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine |
| 1912 | LL.B., Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass. Married Selma Florence Smith |
| 1912-1914 | Practiced law with the firm of Gage, Wilber and Wachner, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1914-1916 | Assistant attorney, Utah Power and Light Co. and the Utah Light and Traction Co., Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 1916-1917 | Attorney, Idaho Power Co. and the Boise Valley Traction Co., Boise, Idaho |
| 1917-1919 | First lieutenant and captain, 361st Regiment, Ninety-first Division, United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces |
| 1919-1925 | Practiced law with and later a member of the firm of Day, Day, and Wilkins, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1921 | Published 600 Days' Service: A History of the 361st Infantry Regiment of the United States Army (Portland, Oreg.: James, Kerns, and Abbott Co. 276 pp.) |
| 1921-1922 | Major, Cleveland Grays, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1923-1925 | Instructor, corporation law, Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1925-1929 | Member, Cull, Burton, and Laughlin law firm, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1926-1927 | Chairman, Cuyahoga County Council of the American Legion |
| 1926-1928 | President, First Unitarian Church, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1928-1929 | Member, Board of Education, East Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1929 | Member, Ohio House of Representatives, 88th General Assembly |
| 1929-1932 | Director of law, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1930 | Acting city manager, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1931-1932 | Acting mayor, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1932-1933 | Chairman, Inter-City Committee of Lake Erie Ports |
| 1932-1936 | Member, Andrews, Hadden, and Burton law firm, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1934-1935 | Chairman, County Charter Commission, Cuyahoga County, Ohio |
| 1935-1940 | Mayor, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1937-1940 | Member, Board of Trustees of the United States Conference of Mayors |
| 1937-1946 | Member, Board of Incorporators of the American Red Cross |
| 1941-1945 | United States Senator from Ohio |
| 1944-1946 | National moderator, American Unitarian Association |
| 1945-1958 | Associate justice, Supreme Court of the United States |
| 1964, Oct. 28 | Died, Washington, D.C. |