OVERVIEW:

BORN:
December 31, 1858;
Indianapolis, Indiana

DIED:
May 9, 1937 (age 78);
Baltimore, Maryland

EDUCATION:
Butler University

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1878-1903:
Reporter, Editor, Part Owner, and Publisher of the Indianapolis Journal
1896-1900:
Indiana State Senator;
Captain and Assistant Adjutant General in the Seventh Army Corps during the Spanish-American War
1900-1912:
Member, Republican National Committee
1907-1908:
Chair, Republican National Committee
1917-1923:
U.S. Senator (R-IN);
Chairman, Committee on Territories (66th Congress);
Chairman, Committee on Territories and Insular Possessions (67th Congress)
1923-1929:
U.S. Postmaster General
1933:
U.S. Commissioner, Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, Ill.

PORTRAIT:

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Miller Center
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Indiana State Library