Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1869, Dec. 22 | Born, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1890 | A.B., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. |
| 1890-1892 | Attended Columbia Law School and New York Law School, New York, N.Y. |
| 1892 | Admitted to New York State bar and began his own law practice in New York, N.Y. |
| 1895 | Married Nathalie Sedgwick (divorced 1929) |
| 1901-1902 | Member, New York State Assembly, 29th District |
| 1912 | Assisted in organizing the Progressive Party and supported the presidential candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1914 | Progressive Party nominee for United States Senate |
| 1916 | Progressive Party nominee for United States Senate Counsel for a joint committee of the New York legislature in an investigation of public utility commissions and public service corporations |
| 1917 | Special assistant to the United States Attorney General in antitrust proceedings Member, American Mission to Inter-Allied Conference, Paris, France |
| 1917-1919 | Appointed to the United States Shipping Board, becoming trustee and vice president of the board's Emergency Fleet Corp. |
| 1920-1921 | Secretary of state |
| 1921-1923 | Practiced law in partnership with Woodrow Wilson |
| 1923-1936 | Established his own law practice; retired from the practice of law |
| 1929 | Married Anne von Ahlstrand Ely (died 1963) |
| 1950, Apr. 11 | Died, Bemus Point, N.Y. |