OVERVIEW:

BORN:
June 24, 1858
Boston, Massachusetts

DIED:
March 9, 1918 (age 59)
Boston, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (B.A., 1879)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1882:
Joined Linder & Meyer, Commission Merchants 
1889-1890:
Boston Common Council 
1891:
Boston Board of Alderman 
1892-1896:
Member, MA House of Representatives 
1894-1896:
Speaker, MA House of Representatives 
1901-1905:
U.S. Ambassador to Italy 
1905-1907:
U.S. Ambassador to Russia 
1907-1909:
U.S. Postmaster General 
1909-1913:
Secretary of the Navy 

RESOURCES:
MA Historical Society
U.S. Navy
Miller Center
Wikipedia
Papers (MA Historical Society)
Biography, M.A. DeWolfe Howe (HT, IA)

PORTRAIT: