OVERVIEW:
BORN:
April 11, 1862;
Glens Falls, New York
DIED:
August 27, 1948 (age 86)
Osterville, Massachusetts
EDUCATION:
Brown University (AB, 1881)
Brown University (AM, 1884)
Columbia University (LLB, 1884)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1884:
Admitted to New York Bar
1884-1906
Practiced Law in New York, NY
1888
Married Antoinette Carter
1891-1895
Professor of Law and Special Lecturer, Cornell University
1893-1900
Special Lecturer, New York Law School
1905-1906
Counsel to Stevens Gas Commission and Armstrong Insurance Commission, New York state legislature
1906
Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General in Coal Investigation
1907-1910:
Governor of New York
1910-1916:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
1916:
Republican Candidate for President
1917-1930
Member, Hughes, Rounds, Schurman & Dwight, New York, N.Y
1921-1925:
U.S. Secretary of State
1928:
Chairman, US. Delegation to the Sixth International Conference of American States, Havana, Cuba
1928-1929:
Member, U.S. Delegation to the International Conference on Arbitration and Conciliation, Washington, D.C.
1928-1930:
Judge, Permanent Court of International Justice
1930-1941:
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court;
1930-1933:
President, Guatemala-Honduras Special Boundary Tribunal
RESOURCES:
BIOGRAPHIES:
State Department
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Library of Congress
UVA Miller Center
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Cornell Law School
Wikipedia
PAPERS/ BOOKS:
Library of Congress
Columbia University
University of Pennsylvania