OVERVIEW:
BORN:
August 30, 1861;
Boston, Massachusetts
EDUCATION:
Harvard University (BA, AM, LLB)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
HIGHLIGHTS:
1886-1893:
Practiced Law in Boston, Massachusetts
1893-1897:
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
1897:
Special Commission of the United States to Japan
1898-1913:
Practiced Law in Boston, Massachusetts
1902-1903:
Lecturer on U.S. Government, Harvard University
1904:
Delegate to the Democratic National Convention
1906-1915:
Member, Harvard Committee on Government
1913-1914:
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
1914-1916:
First Governor of the new Federal Reserve Board (referred to as Chairman after 1935)
1916-1936:
Member of the Federal Reserve Board
1936-1938:
Special Counsel to the Federal Reserve Board
DIED:
April 24, 1938 (age 76);
Washington, DC
OBITUARIES:
New York Times
PORTRAITS:
RESOURCES:
Federal Reserve
Papers (Federal Reserve)
Papers (Library of Congress)
Wikipedia