Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1871, Nov. 8 | Born, Orange County, N.C. |
| 1890 | B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. |
| 1896 | Married Eleanor E. Miller (died 1913) |
| 1897 | LL.B., University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky. |
| 1899-1909 | Member, law firm of Bingham and Davies |
| 1900 | President, Kentucky Children's Home Society |
| 1903-1907 | County attorney, Jefferson County, Ky. |
| 1907 | Mayor, Louisville, Ky. |
| 1911 | Chancellor, Jefferson County, Ky., circuit court |
| 1916 | Married Mary Lily Kenan Flagler (died 1917) |
| 1918 | Acquired Louisville Courier-Journal and Louisville Times |
| 1921-1922 | Active in the formation of tobacco cooperative marketing associations in Kentucky |
| 1924 | Married Aleen Muldoon Hilliard |
| 1926 | Named to Business Men's Commission on Agriculture |
| 1933 | Appointed permanent American delegate, International Wheat Advisory Commission Appointed ambassador to Great Britain |
| 1937, Dec. 18 | Died, Baltimore, Md. |