Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1862, July 26 | Born, New York City, N.Y. |
| 1879 | Graduated, Hempstead Institute, Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y. |
| 1882 | Graduated, Massachusetts State Normal School, Westfield, Mass. |
| 1883 | Studied stenography, New York, N.Y. |
| 1883-1885 | Shorthand reporter, New York, N.Y. |
| 1885-1889 | Preparatory school principal, New York, N.Y. |
| 1888 | Married Lily Morris Hinds |
| 1890-1891 | Private secretary to surveyor of Port of New York, New York, N.Y. |
| 1891-1895 | Private secretary and clerk, office of fourth assistant postmaster general, Washington, D.C. |
| 1895 | LL.B., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1895-1897 | Stenographer and executive clerk to President Grover Cleveland |
| 1896 | LL.M., George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1898-1901 | Assistant secretary and secretary to President William McKinley |
| 1901-1903 | Secretary to President Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1903 | Appointed first secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor |
| 1904 | Elected chairman of the Republican National Committee; resigned as secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor |
| 1905 | Appointed postmaster general |
| 1907 | Appointed secretary of the treasury |
| 1909-1935 | President, New York Consolidated Gas Co. |
| 1940, Oct. 23 | Died, Huntington, Long Island, N.Y. |