Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 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. |