Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1869, Jan. 31 | Born, Superior, Wis. |
| 1887-1889 | Attended Parsons Business College, Duluth, Minn. |
| 1890, Jan. 22 | Married Clara P. Clough (died 1942) |
| 1890-1892 | Clerk in law offices of Ross & Dwyer, Superior, Wis. |
| 1892 | Official stenographer, city of Superior, Wis. |
| 1892-1896 | Chairman, Republican City Committee, Superior, Wis. |
| 1893-1900 | Official court reporter, superior court of Douglas County, Wis. |
| 1896-1900 | Chairman, Douglas County Republican Committee, Wis. |
| 1898 | Admitted to Wisconsin bar |
| 1898-1900 | Secretary, Douglas County Bar Association, Wis. |
| 1900, 1902, 1904 | Delegate, Wisconsin Republican state convention |
| 1901-1907 | Member, then speaker, Wisconsin House of Representatives |
| 1906 | Unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for governor of Wisconsin |
| 1909-1919 | Member, United States House of Representatives |
| 1918-1927 | Member, United States Senate |
| 1919 | Initiated movement for improvement of the Saint Lawrence River to admit ocean-going vessels into the Great Lakes |
| 1927-1929 | Practiced law, offices of Lenroot, Hanson, Smith and Lovett, Washington, D.C. |
| 1927-1935 | Member, Anglo-American Conciliation Commission |
| 1929-1944 | Associate judge, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals |
| 1943, Feb. 9 | Married Eleanore von Eltz |
| 1949, Jan. 26 | Died, Washington, D.C. |