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1865; Educ. student of Ohio Central Coll. (now defunct), Iberia,
1879-82; engaged in newspaper business at Marion, O., since 1884;
pres. Harding Pub. Co., pubs. Star (daily); mem. Ohio Senate, 1900- 4;
lt.-gov. of Ohio, 1904-6; Rep. nominee for gov. of Ohio, 1910
(defeated); mem. U. S. Senate, from Ohio, 1915-21; Baptist; President
of the United States, 1921
WILSON, Woodrow,
Twenty-eighth President of the United States; b. Staunton, Va., Dec. 28,
1856; Educ. Davidson Coll., N. C., 1874-5; A.B., Princeton, 1879,
A.M., 1882; grad. in law, U. of Va., 1881; post- grad, work at Johns
Hopkins, 1883-5, Ph.D., 1886; (LL.D., Wake Forest, 1887, Tulane,
1898, Johns Hopkins, 1902, Rutgers, 1902, U. of Pa., 1903, Brown,
1903; Harvard, 1907, Williams, 1908, Dartmouth, 1909; Litt. D., Yale,
1901); pres. Aug. 1, 1902--Oct. 20, 1910, Princeton U.; gov. of N. J.,
Jan. 17, 1911--Mar. 1, 1913 (resigned); nominated for President in
Dem. Nat. Conv. Baltimore, 1912, and elected Nov. 4, 1912, for term,
Mar. 4, 1913-Mar. 4, 1917; renominated for President in Dem. Nat.
Conv., St. Louis, 1916, and reelected, Nov. 7, 1916; for term Mar. 4,
1917-Mar. 4, 1921; Left for France on the troopship "George
Washington", Dec. 4, 1918, at the head of Am. Commn. to Negotiate
Peace; returned to U. S., arriving in Boston, Feb. 24,1919; left New
York on 2d trip to Europe, Mar. 5; arrived in Paris, Mar. 14; signed
Peace Treaty, June 28, 1919
HARVEY, George (Brinton McClellan),
Editor; b. Peacham, Vt., Feb. 16, 1864; Educ. Peacham Academy;
(LL.D., University of Nevada, University of Vermont, Middlebury Coll.
and Erskine Coll.). Consecutively reporter Springfield Republican,
Chicago News, and New York World, 1882-6; ins. commr. of N. J.,
1890-1; mng. editor New York World, 1891-93; constructor and pres.
various electric railroads, 1894-8; purchased, 1899, and since editor
North American Review, Pres. Harper & Bros., 1900-15; North Am.
Review Pub. Co., 1899-; editor and pub. Harvey's Weekly; dir. Audit
Co. of New York; Col. and a.-d.-c. on staffs of Govs. Green and Abbett,
of N. J., 1885-92; hon. col. and a.-d.-c. on staffs of Govs. Heyward and
Ansel, of S. C.; U. S. Ambassador to Court of Saint James
HUGHES, Charles Evans,
Secretary of State; b. at Glens Falls, N. Y., Apr. 11, 1862; Educ.

Colgate U., 1876-8; A.B., Brown U., 1881, A.M., 1884; LL.B.,
Columbia, 1884; (LL.D., Brown, 1906, Columbia, Knox, and Lafayette,
1907, Union, Colgate, 1908, George Washington, 1909, Williams
College, Harvard, and Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1910, Yale Univ., 1915);
admitted to N. Y. bar, 1884; prize fellowship, Columbia Law Sch.,
1884-7; nominated for office of mayor of New York by Rep. Conv.,
1905, but declined; gov. of N. Y. 2 terms, Jan. 1, 1907-Dec. 31, 1908,
Jan. 1, 1909-Dec. 31, 1910; resigned, Oct. 6, 1910; apptd., May 2, 1910,
and Oct. 10, 1910, became asso. justice Supreme Court of U. S.;
nominated for President of U. S. in Rep. Nat. Conv., Chicago, June 10,
1916, and resigned from Supreme Court same day; Secretary of State,
1921
HOUSE, Edward Mandell,
B. Houston, Tex., July 26, 1858; Educ. Hopkins Grammar Sch., New
Haven, Conn., 1877; Cornell U., 1881; active in Dem. councils, state
and national, but never a candidate for office. Personal representative
of President Wilson to the European governments in 1914, 1915, and
1916; apptd. by the President, Sept., 1917, to gather and organize data
necessary at the eventual peace conference; commd. as the special rep.
of Govt. of U. S. at the Inter-Allied Conference of Premiers and
Foreign Ministers, held in Paris, Nov. 29, 1917, to effect a more
complete coordination of the activities of the Entente cobelligerents for
the prosecution of the war; designated by the President to represent the
U. S. in the Supreme War Council at Versailles, Dec. 1, 1917; Oct. 17,
1918; designated by the President to act for the U. S. in the negotiation
of the Armistice with the Central Powers; mem. Am. Commn. to
Negotiate Peace, 1918-19
HOOVER, Herbert Clark,
Secretary of Commerce; Engineer; b. West Branch, Ia., Aug. 10, 1874;
Educ. B.A. (in mining engring.), Leland Stanford, Jr., U., 1895; (LL.D.,
Brown U., U. of Pa., Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Oberlin, U. of Ala.,
Liege, Brussels; D.C.L., Oxford); Asst. Ark. Geol. Survey, 1893, U. S.
Geol. Survey, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1895; in W. Australia as chief
of mining staff of Bewick, Moreing & Co. and mgr. Hannan's Brown
Hill Mine, 1897; chief engr. Chinese Imperial Bur. of Mines, 1899,
doing extensive exploration in interior of China. Took part in defense
of Tientsin during Boxer disturbances; Chmn. Am. Relief Com.

London, 1914-15, Commn. for Relief in Belgium, 1915-18; chmn. food
com. Council of Nat. Defense, Apr.-Aug. 1917; apptd. U. S. food
administrator by President Wilson, Aug. 10, 1917, resigned June, 1919.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921
LODGE, Henry Cabot,
Senator; b. Boston, May 12,