OVERVIEW:

BORN:
August 1, 1843;
Springfield, Illinois

DIED:
July 26, 1926 (age 82);
Manchester, Vermont

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (BA, 1864)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1865:
Captain in Union Army During Civil War,
Staff of General Ulysses S. Grant
1867:
Admitted to Illinois Bar
1867-1881:
Practiced Law in Chicago, Illinois
1880:
Delegate to the Republican National Convention
1881-1885:
U.S. Secretary of War
1889-1893:
U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom
1897-1911:
President, Pullman Railroad Company

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
Lehrman Institute
UVA Miller Center
U.S. Army
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Library of Congress