Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1851, Feb. 9 | Born, Cortland County, N.Y. |
1868-circa 1871 | Attended Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. |
1870 | Appointed engrossing clerk, New York state legislature |
1871 | Appointed assistant ground clerk, New York state legislature |
1872-1882 | Clerk, New York Democratic State Committee |
1874 | Married Julia Kinney |
1875-1882 | Chief clerk, New York Department of State |
1877-1882 | Legislative reporter and managing editor, Albany Argus |
1883-1885 | Private secretary to Governor Cleveland; also on his military staff with rank of colonel |
1885-1889 | Private secretary to President Grover Cleveland |
1889-1893 | Worked with William C. Whitney in Whitney’s financial ventures in the street-railway system, New York, N.Y. |
1893-1897 | Secretary of war |
1898-1904 . | Vice president, Northern Pacific Railway Co |
1905, July 23 | Died, Milbrook, N.Y |