Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| 1871, Dec. 3 | Born, Martinsburg, W.Va. |
| 1892 | B.A., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. |
| 1894 | L.L.B. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. |
| 1902 | Married Elizabeth Leopold |
| 1896-1897 | Private secretary to Postmaster General William L. Wilson |
| 1897-1899 | Private law practice, Martinsburg, W.Va. |
| 1899 | Private law practice, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1901-1902 | First assistant city solicitor, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1902-1912 | City solicitor, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1912-1916 | Mayor, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1916-1921 | Secretary of war |
| 1918 | Published Frontiers of Freedom. New York: George H. Doran Co. |
| 1921 | Private law practice, firm of Baker, Hostetler, and Sidlo, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1925 | Published Progress and the Constitution. New York: Scribner's Sons |
| 1928 | Appointed to permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, Netherlands |
| 1929 | Appointed to Law Enforcement Commission |
| 1932 | Published Bolshevism, Fascism and Capitalism. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press |
| 1936 | Published Why We Went to War. Freeport, N.Y.: Harper & Brother for the Council on Foreign Relations |
| 1937, 25 Dec. | Died, Shaker Heights, Ohio |