Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1874, June 12 | Born, Salem, Ore. |
| 1896-1898 | Attended Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. |
| 1898 | Admitted to Oregon bar |
| 1898-1913 | Practiced law with John H. McNary |
| 1902 | Married Jessie Breyman (died 1918) |
| 1908-1913 | Dean of the law school, Willamette University, Salem, Ore. |
| 1913-1915 | Justice, supreme court of Oregon |
| 1916-1917 | Chairman, Republican State Central Committee |
| 1917-1919 | Appointed United States senator for unexpired term of Harry Lane |
| 1919-1944 | Elected to United States Senate and served five terms |
| 1923 | Married Cornelia W. Morton |
| 1926 | Became chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry |
| 1928 | Considered for Republican vice-presidential nomination |
| 1933-1944 | Republican minority leader, United States Senate |
| 1940 | Republican vice-presidential candidate |
| 1944, Feb. 25 | Died, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. |