Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1870, Feb. 10 | Born, St. Albans, Vt. |
| 1883-1891 | Employed by Central Vermont Railway Co. |
| 1888 | Part-time correspondent,Boston Globeand other newspapers |
| 1888-1900 | Member, Vermont National Guard |
| 1891 | Reporter and later editor,St. Albans Messenger |
| 1895 | Married Jessie Emma Richardson |
| 1898 | Recruited an infantry company in Spanish-American War |
| 1904-1905 | President, Vermont Press Association |
| 1908 | Member, commission that proposed amendments to the Vermont constitution |
| 1912-1922 | Member, U.S. House of Representative |
| 1917-1923 | Regent, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. |
| 1922 | Elected to United States Senate; reelected in 1928 |
| 1924 | Critically wounded on Capital Hill as a bystander in gun battle between federal prohibition agents and bootleggers |
| 1930, Dec. 17 | Died, St. Albans, Vt. |