Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1876, Nov. 29 | Born, Watertown, Wis. |
| 1898 | A.B. degree, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
| 1901 | LL.B degree, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
| 1902 | Married Emlen Knight |
| 1902-1906 | State's attorney, Wisconsin |
| 1912 | Chairman, western headquarters, Democratic Party campaign |
| 1913-1915 | United States commissioner of corporations |
| 1915-1916 | Chairman, Federal Trade Commission |
| 1918 | Economic adviser to President Woodrow Wilson, Versailles Peace Conference, Versailles, France |
| 1935 | Married Marjorie Post |
| 1936 | Vice chairman, Democratic National Committee |
| 1936-1938 | Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
| 1938-1939 | Ambassador to Belgium and minister to Luxembourg |
| 1939-1941 | Special assistant to Cordell Hull in charge of war emergency problems and policies |
| 1941 | Chairman, Franklin D. Roosevelt's inaugural committee Published Mission to Moscow. New York: Simon and Schuster |
| 1942-1946 | Chairman, War Relief and Control Board |
| 1943 | Special envoy with rank of ambassador to confer with Joseph Stalin |
| 1945 | Chairman, Franklin D. Roosevelt's inaugural committee Special envoy with rank of ambassador to confer with Sir Winston Churchill Special adviser with rank of ambassador, Potsdam Conference, Potsdam, Germany |
| 1946-1947 | Vice chairman, President's Committee to Study Universal Military Training |
| 1958, May 9 | Died, Washington, D.C. |