Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1894, Sept. 20 | Born, Superior, Wis. |
1917 | LL.B., University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. |
1916-1917 | Assistant instructor, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. |
1919 | Admitted to Washington state bar |
1919-1921 | Associated with firm of Roberts & Skeel, Seattle, Wash. |
1924 | Chairman, Democratic state convention, Washington state |
1925-1931 | Partner, firm of Schwellenbach, Merrick, and Macfarlane |
1931-1935 | Practiced law alone |
1932 | Candidate for governor in Democratic primaries, Washington state |
1935 | Married Anne Duffy |
1935-1940 | U.S. senator from Washington (resigned Dec. 1940) |
1940-1945 | U.S. district judge, Eastern District of Washington |
1944-1945 | Dean, Gonzaga University Law School, Spokane, Wash. |
1945-1948 | Secretary of labor |
1948, June 10 | Died, Washington, D.C. |