Date | Event |
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1843, Aug. 1 | Born, Springfield, Ill. |
1853 | Attended Illinois State University, Springfield, Ill. |
1859 | Attended Philips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H. |
1864 | Graduated, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
1865 | Captain, staff of General Ulysses S. Grant |
1867-1881 | Practiced law, Chicago, Ill. |
1868 | Married Mary Eunice Harlan |
1881-1885 | Secretary of war |
1889-1893 | Minister to Great Britain |
1897-1901 | Acting president, Pullman Co. |
1901-1911 | President, Pullman Co. |
1911 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
1911-1922 | Chairman of the board, Pullman Co. |
1926, July 25 | Died, Manchester, Vt. |
1928, Mar. 14 | Reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. |