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1850; Educ. A.B., Harvard, 1871, LL.B.,
1875, Ph.D. (history), 1876; (LL.D., Williams, 1893, Yale, 1902, Clark
U., 1902, Harvard, 1904, Amherst, 1912, also Union Col., Princeton U.,
and Dartmouth Coll., and Brown, 1918); Admitted to bar, 1876; editor
North American Review, 1873-6, International Review, 1879-81; mem.
Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1880, 81; mem. 50th to 53d Congresses (1887-93),
6th Mass. Dist.; U. S. senator, since 1893; mem. Alaskan Boundary
Tribunal, 1903; mem. U. S. Immigration Commn., 1907
BARUCH, Bernard Mannes,
Educ. A.B., Coll. City of New York, 1889; mem. of New York Stock
Exchange many yrs.; apptd., 1916, by Pres. Wilson, mem. Advisory
Commn. of Council Nat. Defense; was made chmn. Com. on Raw
Materials, Minerals and Metals, also commr. in charge of purchasing
for the War Industries Bd., and mem. commn. in charge of all
purchases for the Allies; apptd. chmn. War Industries Bd., Mar. 5, 1918;
resigned Jan. 1, 1919; connected with Am. Commn. to Negotiate Peace
as member of the drafting com. of the Economic Sect.; mem. Supreme
Economic Council and chmn. of its raw materials div.; Am. del. on
economics and reparation clauses; economic adviser for the Am. Peace
Commn.; mem. President's Conf. for Capital and Labor, Oct. 1919
ROOT, Elihu,
Ex-Secretary of State; senator; b. Clinton, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1845; Educ.
A.B., Hamilton Coll., 1864, A.M., 1867; taught at Rome Acad., 1865;
LL.B., New York U., 1867; (LL.D., Hamilton, 1894, Yale, 1900,
Columbia, 1904, New York U., 1904, Williams, 1905, Princeton, 1906,
U. of Buenos Aires, 1906, Harvard, 1907, Wesleyan, 1909, McHill,
1913, Union U., 1914, U. of State of N. Y., 1915, U. of Toronto, 1918,
and Colgate U., 1919; Dr. Polit. Science, U. of Leyden, 1913; D.C.L.,
Oxford, 1913; mem. Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences,
University of San Marcos, Lima, 1906); Admitted to bar, 1867; U. S.
dist. atty. Southern Dist. of N. Y., 1883-5; Sec. of War in cabinet of
President McKinley, Aug. 1, 1899-Feb. 1, 1904; Sec. of State in

cabinet of President Roosevelt, July 1, 1905-Jan. 27, 1909; U. S.
senator from N. Y., 1909-15; mem. Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, 1903;
counsel for U. S. in N. Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, 1910; mem.
Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, 1910-; pres. Carnegie
Endowment for Internat. Peace, 1910; president Hague Tribunal of
Arbitration between Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal,
concerning church property, 1913; ambassador extraordinary at the
head of special diplomatic mission to Russia, during revolution, 1917.
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for 1912.
JOHNSON, Hiram Warren,
Senator; b. Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 2, 1866; Educ. U. of Cal., leaving in
jr. yr.; began as short-hand reporter; studied law in father's office;
admitted to Cal. bar, 1888; mem. staff of pros. attys. in boodling cases,
involving leading city officials and almost all pub. utility corpns. in San
Francisco, 1906-7; was selected to take the place of Francis J. Heney,
after latter was shot down in court while prosecuting Abe Ruef, for
bribery, 1908, and secured conviction of Ruef; gov. of Cal., 1911-15;
reelected for term, 1915-19 (resigned Mar. 15, 1917); a founder of
Progressive Party, 1912, and nominee for V.-P. of U.S. on Prog. ticket
same yr.; U. S. senator from Cal. for term 1917-23
KNOX, Philander Chase,
Ex-Secretary of State; b. Brownsville, Pa., May 6, 1853; Educ. A.B.,
Mt. Union Coll., Ohio, 1872; read law in office of H. B. Swope,
Pittsburgh; (LL.D., U. of Pa., 1905, Yale, 1907, Villanova, 1909);
Admitted to bar, 1875; asst. U. S. dist. atty., Western Dist. of Pa.,
1876-7; Atty.-Gen. in cabinets of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt,
Apr. 9, 1901-June 30, 1904; apptd. U. S. senator by Governor
Pennypacker, June 10, 1904, for unexpired term of Matthew Stanley
Quay, deceased; elected U. S. senator, Jan., 1905, for term, 1905-11;
Sec. of State in cabinet of President Taft, Mar., 1909-13; Reelected U.
S. senator, for term 1917-23
LANSING, Robert,
Ex-Secretary of State; b. at Watertown, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1864; Educ.
A.B., Amherst, 1886; (LL.D., Amherst, 1915, Colgate, 1915, Princeton,
1917, Columbia, 1918, Union, 1918, U. State of N. Y., 1919);
Admitted to bar, 1889; Asso. counsel for U. S. in Behring Sea
Arbitration, 1892-3: counsel for Behring Sea Claims Commn., 1896-7;

solicitor and counsel for the United States under the Alaskan Boundary
Tribunal, 1903; counsel, North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration at
The Hague, 1909-10; agent of United States, Am. and British Claims
Arbitration, 1912-14; counselor for Dept. of State, Mar. 20, 1914-June
23, 1915; Secretary of State in Cabinet of Pres. Wilson, June 23,
1915-Feb., 1920; mem. Am. Commn. to Negotiate Peace, Paris,
1918-19
PENROSE, Boies,
Senator; b. Phila., Nov. 1, 1860; Educ. A.B., Harvard, 1881; Admitted
to the bar, 1883; mem. Pa. Ho. of Rep., 1884-6, Senate, 1887-97 (pres.
pro tem., 1889,1891); U. S. senator, 4 terms, 1897- 1921; Chmn. Rep.
State Com., 1903-5; mem.