OVERVIEW:

BORN:
September 15, 1835;
Oxford, Massachusetts

DIED:
April 8, 1917 (age 81);
Boston, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Brown University (AM, 1856)
Harvard Law School (LLB, 1858)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1859:
Admitted to Massachusetts Bar
1959-1893:
Practiced Corporate Law
1874:
Served in Massachusetts House of Representatives
1893-1895:
U.S. Attorney General
1894:
Ordered the Use of Federal Troops During Pullman Strike
1895:
Defended income tax provisions of the Wilson-Gorman Tariff before the U.S. Supreme Court 
1895-1897:
U.S. Secretary of State,
Arbitrated boundary dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain,
Proposed a general arbitration agreement between the United States and Great Britain
1897:
Resumed Private Law Practice
1915:
Member, International Commission, under treaty between the United States and France

RESOURCES:
Department of State
Department of Justice
Papers (Library of Congress)
Brown University
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

OBITUARY:
New York Times

PORTRAITS: