Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1835, Sept. 15 | Born, Oxford, Mass. |
1851 | Graduated, Leicester Academy, Worcester, Mass. |
1856 | A.M., Brown University, Providence, R.I. |
1858 | LL.B., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. |
1859 | Admitted to the bar, Boston, Mass. |
1859-1893 | Practiced corporate law |
1861 | Married Agnes P. Thomas |
1874 | Elected to Massachusetts house of representatives |
1893 | Appointed attorney general |
1894 | Ordered the use of federal troops in quelling the Pullman Strike |
1895 | Defended income tax provisions of the Wilson-Gorman Tariff before the Supreme Court of the United States |
1895 | Appointed secretary of state |
1895-1897 | Arbitrated boundary dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain and proposed a general arbitration agreement between the United States and Great Britain |
1897 | Returned to private law practice, Boston, Mass. |
1913 | Declined ambassadorship to Great Britain |
1914 | Declined membership on the Federal Reserve Board |
1915 | Member, International Commission, under treaty between the United States and France |
1917, Apr. 8 | Died, Boston, Mass. |