Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1857, Apr. 18 | Born, Kinsman, Ohio |
circa 1871-1872 | Attended Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. |
circa 1875-1876 | Attended University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
1878 | Admitted to Ohio bar |
1878-1887 | Practiced law in Ohio |
1880 | Married Jessie Ohl (divorced 1897) |
1887 | Moved to Chicago, Ill. |
1889 | Appointed special assessment attorney for Chicago, Ill. |
1890 | Corporation counsel for Chicago, Ill. |
circa 1892-1893 | Attorney, Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co. |
1894 | Defense attorney, American Railway Union v. United States (Pullman Strike) Defense attorney, Illinois v. Prendergast Unsuccessful candidate for Congress |
1897-1902 | Law partnership with John P. Altgeld |
1898 | Defense attorney, Wisconsin v. Kidd, Zentner, and Troiber (Woodworkers' conspiracy case) |
1902 | Member, Anthracite Coal Strike Arbitration Commission Chief counsel, United Mine Workers of America Illinois state representative |
1903 | Married Ruth Hammerstrom |
1903-1911 | Law partner with Edgar Lee Masters |
1904 | Published Farmington. Chicago: McClurg and Co. |
1906-1907 | Defense attorney, Idaho v. Haywood (Haywood, Moyer, Pettibone trial) |
1911 | Defense attorney, California v. McNamara |
1912-1913 | Defendant, California v. Darrow (Darrow bribery trial) |
1918 | Traveled to England and France |
1920 | Defense attorney, New York v. Gitlow |
1920 | Defense attorney, Illinois v. Person |
1921-1925 | Law partnership with William H. Holly |
1924 | Defense attorney, Illinois v. Leopold and Loeb |
1925 | Defense attorney, Tennessee v. Scopes |
1925-1926 | Defense attorney, Michigan v. Sweet |
1927 | Defense attorney, New York v. Greco and Carillo |
1929-1930 | Traveled to Europe |
1931 | Narrated and appeared in “Mystery of Life,” a film about evolution |
1932 | Published The Story of My Life. New York: C. Scribner's Sons Defense attorney, Hawaii v. Massie |
1934 | Chairman, National Recovery Administration Review Board |
1938, Mar. 13 | Died, Chicago, Ill. |