Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1862, Oct. 6 | Born, Highland County, Ohio |
| 1865 | Moved to Illinois with family |
| 1877 | Became a logger and teamster; began to attend high school |
| 1881 | Entered Asbury College, Greencastle, Ind. |
| 1884 | Began political career as a campaign orator for James Gillespie Blaine |
| 1885 | B.A., DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. |
| 1887 | Married Katherine Langsdale (died 1900) Admitted to Indiana bar |
| 1887-1899 | Practiced law, Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 1888 | M.A., DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. |
| 1899-1911 | U. S. senator from Indiana |
| 1903 | Published The Russian Advance. New York: Harper & Bros. |
| 1905 | Published The Young Man and the World. New York: D. Appleton and Co. |
| 1907 | Married Catherine Eddy in Berlin, Germany Published The Meaning of the Times. Bobbs-Merrill Co. Published The Bible as Good Reading. Philadelphia: H. Altemus Co. |
| 1911 | Defeated for U.S. Senate; nominated as governor of Indiana by the Progressive Party of Indiana, but defeated by the Democratic candidate, Samuel M. Ralston |
| 1915 | War correspondent in Germany |
| 1916 | Rejoined the Republican Party and supported Charles Evans Hughes for president |
| 1919 | Published The Life of John Marshall. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. (4 vols.) |
| 1922 | Nominated for U.S. Senate by the Republican Party of Indiana; defeated incumbent, Harry S. New, but in the general election was defeated by Samuel M. Ralston |
| 1927, Apr. 27 | Died, Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 1928 | Posthumous publication of Abraham Lincoln. London: Gollancz (2 vols.) |