Hitt, Robert R. (Robert Roberts), 1834-1906

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Dates:
Birth 1834-01-16
Death 1906-09-20

Biographical notes:

Illinois stenographer for Lincoln-Douglas debates, diplomat, assistant secretary of state (1881-1882), and U. S. Congressman (1882-1906).

From the description of Letter, ca. 1881-1882. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 748839838

U.S. representative from Illinois.

From the description of Papers of Robert R. Hitt, 1830-1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81736307

Biographical Note

1834, Jan. 16 Born, Urbana, Ohio 1837 Family moved to Mt. Morris, Ill. 1855 Graduated from Asbury University, Indiana 1857 Shorthand reporter for lawyers, Chicago, Ill. 1858 Reporter for Chicago Tribune: reports Lincoln-Douglas Debates Official reporter for state of Illinois 1863 Reporter for War Department courts-martial 1865 Reporter for Board of Treaty Commissioners to the Indians 1867 1868 Toured Europe 1871 Secretary to Santo Domingo Commission 1872 Personal secretary for Senator Oliver P. Morton 1874 Married Sallie Reynolds 1874 Appointed secretary to United States Legation, Paris, France 1881 Assistant secretary of state 1882 Elected to Congress 1890 Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs 1898 Appointed to committee for Hawaiian Islands government 1902 Regent, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 1906 Died, Narragansett Pier, R.I.

From the guide to the Robert R. Hitt Papers, 1830-1906, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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