Daniels, Josephus, 1904-1954

Dates:
Birth 1904
Death 1954

Biographical notes:

1862, May 18 Born, Washington, N.C. 1880 1893 Edited newspapers in Wilson, Kinston, and Raleigh, N.C. 1885 Attended University of North Carolina summer law school; passed bar examination (never practiced) 1887 1893 State printer for N.C. 1888 Married Adelaide Worth Bagley 1893 1895 Chief of Appointment Division, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 1894 1913 Editor, Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer 1896 1916 Member of the Democratic National Committee from N.C. 1898 Publication of The First Fallen Hero. a Biographical Sketch of Worth Bagley. Ensign, U.S.N. (Norfolk, Va., S. W. Bowman.) 1905 Completed purchase of the controlling interest in the News and Observer 1912 Chief, Publicity Bureau, Woodrow Wilson campaign 1913 1921 U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1919 Publication of The Navy and the Nation; War-Time Addresses (New York, G. H. Doran Co.) 1921 1933 Editor, News and Observer 1922 Publication of Our Navy at War (Washington, Pictorial Bureau.) 1924 Publication of The Life of Woodrow Wilson. 1856-1924 (Philadelphia, J. C. Winston Co.) 1933 1941 U.S. Ambassador to Mexico 1939 Publication of Tar Heel Editor (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press.), first volume of memoirs 1941 Publication of Editor in Politics (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press.) second volume of memoirs 1942 1948 Editor, News and Observer 1944 Publication of The Wilson Era: Years of Peace. 1910-1917 (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press.) 1946 Publication of The Wilson Era: Years of War and After, 1917-1923 (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press.) 1947 Publication of Shirt-Sleeve Diplomat (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press.), third volume of memoirs 1948, Jan. 15 Died, Raleigh N.C.

From the guide to the Josephus Daniels Papers, 1904-1954, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

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