Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1881, May 16 | Born, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1904 | A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
| 1905-1906 | Student, Washington University Law School, St. Louis |
| 1906 | Admitted to Missouri bar |
| 1907 | Began practice in St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1906-1944 | Active in state, local, and National Democratic Party politics |
| 1909 | M.A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
| 1912 | Married Christine Alexander Graham |
| 1914 | Secretary, Missouri Code Commission |
| 1916 | Active in organizing the “St. Louis Democrats for Woodrow Wilson” |
| 1917-1920 | Third assistant secretary of state |
| 1920 | Defeated as Democratic Party nominee for United States Senate from Missouri |
| 1925-1929 | Chairman, National Jefferson Centennial Committee of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation |
| 1928 | Delegate, Democratic National Convention; member, Committee on Platform and Resolutions |
| 1928-1933 | Practicing international lawyer, special assistant to attorney general |
| 1933-1936 | Ambassador to Italy |
| 1937-1941 | Trustee, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
| 1938 | Ambassador, Special Mission to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay |
| 1939 | Member, Commission under Treaty with Italy, for Advancement of Peace |
| 1939-1940 | Special assistant secretary of state in charge of problems arising from the war |
| 1940-1944 | Assistant secretary of state |
| 1941-1943 | Member, Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial Commission |
| 1941-1944 | Member, War Communications Board |
| 1944 | Member, delegation to Dumbarton Oaks Conference |
| 1946-1947 | Member, United States Government Princeton Bi-Centennial Conference |
| 1958, Sept. 26 | Died, Montpelier Manor, Laurel, Md. |