Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1856, Apr. 26 | Born, Mannheim, Germany |
1866 | Immigrated to the United States |
1871-1877 | Studied at City College of New York, New York, N.Y., and Columbia Law School, New York, N.Y. |
1877 | Entered law practice |
1883 | Married Josephine Sykes |
1899 | Left law practice to found Central Realty Bond and Trust Co. |
1905 | Began Henry Morgenthau Co. |
1911 | Helped form Committee of Safety, New York, N.Y., to promote better industrial conditions in the city Founded Bronx House, New York, N.Y., with his wife Josephine and Lillian Wald |
1912 | Finance chairman of Democratic National Committee |
1913-1916 | Ambassador to Turkey |
1916 | Returned to the United States to aid presidential reelection campaign of Woodrow Wilson |
1919 | Attended Paris Peace Conference Chairman of commission to investigate Antisemitism in Poland Delegate to founding conference of International Red Cross Toured United States on behalf of League to Enforce Peace |
1920 | Appointed but not confirmed as ambassador to Mexico |
1923 | Chairman, League of Nations Settlement Commission for Greece |
1933 | Technical delegate, World Monetary and Economic Conference, London, England |
1946, Nov. 25 | Died, New York, N.Y. |