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OVERVIEW:
BORN:
July 4, 1862
Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia)
DIED:
November 9, 1935
Winnetka, Illinois
EDUCATION:
Attended Marietta College
Hanover College (Bachelor’s Degree, 1883)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
CAREER:
President, Municipal Voters League of Chicago
President, Conservation League of America
Established National Conservation Association
Railroad Securities Commission
Secretary of the Interior (1911-1913)
RESOURCES:
Miller Center
Wikipedia
PORTRAIT:
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