Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1870, Aug. 17 | Born, Greensboro, Ala. |
| 1889 | Graduate, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1889-1890 | Midshipman cruise aboard Chicago with White Squadron, Mediterranean Sea and South Atlantic ocean |
| 1890-1891 | Student, École d'Application du Génie Maritime, Paris, France |
| 1891 | Resigned as naval cadet Appointed assistant naval constructor, United States Navy |
| 1893 | Temporary duty, American embassy, London, England |
| 1894 | Published "A Summary of the Situation and Outlook in Europe: An Introduction to the Study of Coming War," Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute. 62 pp.) |
| 1894-1895 | Assistant naval constructor, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1895 | Commissioned as officer, United States Navy |
| 1895-1896 | Assigned to New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1896 | Member of international commission supervising sea trials of Mexican naval despatch vessel Donato Guerra |
| 1896-1897 | Supervised construction of warships, Newport News, Va. |
| 1897-1898 | Organized and taught postgraduate fleet construction course, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1898 | M.S., Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa. Assigned to North Atlantic Squadron to research stability and firing systems of ships in action, Key West, Fla.; later reported aboard flagship New York Sunk the collier Merrimac in Santiago harbor; captured and imprisoned in Spanish fortress, Santiago, Cuba Promoted to position of naval constructor as acknowledgment for heroism in sinking Merrimac |
| 1898-1900 | Assigned to Asiatic Station at Hong Kong to refloat and refit Spanish warships Isla de Cuba, Isla de Luzon,and Don Juan de Austria |
| 1899 | Published The Sinking of the Merrimac (New York: The Century Co. 306 pp.) |
| 1900 | Directed ship reconstruction, Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands Led preliminary reconnaissance and survey of Olongapo (later Subic Bay) naval base, Philippine Islands Received medical treatment, Yokohama, Japan, and returned to United States on medical leave |
| 1901 | Promoted to captain, United States Navy Assigned to Navy Department, Washington, D.C. Directed United States naval exhibit, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y. |
| 1901-1902 | Directed United States government exhibit, South Carolina, Interstate and West Indian Exposition, Charleston, S.C. |
| 1902-1903 | Superintended naval construction, Crescent Shipyard, Elizabeth, N.J. |
| 1903 | Assigned to Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash.; resigned from United States Navy |
| 1904 | Appointed presidential elector-at-large, Alabama |
| 1904-1905 | Lectured on national chatauqua circuit |
| 1905 | Married Grizelda Houston Hull |
| 1906 | LL.D, Southern University, Greensboro, Ala. |
| 1907 | Published Buck Jones at Annapolis (New York: D. Appleton & Co. 370 pp.) |
| 1907-1915 | Member of Congress from sixth district of Alabama |
| 1908 | Published An Appeal to the President of the United States for the Retention of the Fleet and for an Adequate Defense in the Pacific Ocean (Washington: [publisher unknown]. 16 pp.) |
| 1910 | Published In Line of Duty (New York: D. Appleton & Co. 365 pp.) Introduced congressional resolution which developed into Eighteenth Amendment to United States Constitution |
| 1911 | Delivered prohibition speech before Congress, "Alcohol, the Great Destroyer" |
| 1913 | Campaigned unsuccessfully for election to Senate from Alabama |
| 1915 | Published An Adequate Navy and the Open-Door Policy (Washington: [publisher unknown.] 30 pp.) |
| 1919 | Published Alcohol and the Human Race (New York: Fleming H. Revell Co. 205 pp.) |
| 1921-1937 | Organized and led American Alcohol Education Association |
| 1923-1937 | Organized and led International Narcotic Education Association |
| 1926 | Organized and led World Conference on Narcotic Education, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1927-1937 | Organized and led World Narcotic Defense Association |
| 1933 | Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor |
| 1934 | Appointed rear admiral, United States Navy, retired, by act of Congress |
| 1935-1937 | Organized and led Constitutional Democracy Association |
| 1936 | Proposed the founding of Institution of Social Advancement |
| 1937, Mar. 16 | Died, New York, N.Y. |