Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1861, Aug. 30 | Born, Boston, Mass. |
| 1883 | A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1886 | M.A. and LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1886-1893 | Lawyer, in partnership with Marcus Morton, Boston, Mass. |
| 1887 | Unsuccessful candidate for the Massachusetts senate |
| 1888 | Unsuccessful candidate for the Massachusetts senate |
| 1892 | Unsuccessful candidate for secretary of state of Massachusetts |
| 1893-1897 | Assistant secretary of the treasury |
| 1897 | United States special commissioner, convention of Japan, Russia, and United States to negotiate fur-seal fishery controversy Chairman, seal conference among Great Britain, Canada, and United States |
| 1898 | Married Huybertie Lansing Pruyn |
| 1898-1913 | Lawyer, Boston, Mass. |
| 1901 | Director, Boston Merchants Association, Boston, Mass. |
| 1902 | Unsuccessful candidate for governor of Massachusetts |
| 1902-1903 | Lecturer on United States government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1903 | President, Massachusetts Reform Club Member, United States Assay Commission to examine the United States Mint, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1904 | Delegate, Democratic National Convention, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1906 | Member, Japanese Famine Relief Commission of Massachusetts |
| 1906-1915 | Member, Committee on Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1907-1912 | Arbiter in industrial disputes |
| 1908 | Supported William Jennings Bryan for president Member, United States Commission on Limitation of Armaments |
| 1910 | Unanimously nominated for Congress, but declined to accept Unsuccessful candidate for governor of Massachusetts |
| 1911 | Chairman of the Assembly, Boston Chamber of Commerce, Boston, Mass. |
| 1912 | Campaigned for Woodrow Wilson for president |
| 1913-1914 | Assistant secretary of the treasury |
| 1914-1936 | Governor, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. |
| 1936-1938 | Special counsel, Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System |
| 1938, Apr. 25 | Died, Washington, D.C. |