Hanna family

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Marcus Alonzo Hanna

1837, Sept. 24 Born, New Lisbon, Ohio 1852 Moved to Cleveland, Ohio 1864 Served in United States Army Married Charlotte Augusta Rhodes 1896 1900 Chairman, Republican National Committee 1897 1904 Senator from Ohio 1904, Feb. 15 Died, Washington, D.C.

Medill McCormick

1877, May 16 Born, Chicago, Ill. 1900 Graduated from Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Began career as newspaper editor and publisher with Chicago Daily Tribune 1903 Married Ruth Hanna 1912 1914 Vice chairman, National Campaign Committee of Progressive Party 1913 1917 Member of Illinois state legislature 1916 Chairman, Republican State Convention 1917 1919 Congressman at large from Illinois 1919 1925 Senator from Illinois 1925, Feb. 25 Died, Washington, D.C.

Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms

1880, Mar. 27 Born, Cleveland, Ohio 1903 Married Medill McCormick 1913 1920 Active in woman's suffrage movement 1919 1924 Chair, Woman's Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee 1924 1928 Republican National Committeewoman from Illinois 1929 1931 Congresswoman at large from Illinois 1930 Ran unsuccessfully for the Senate 1931 Married Albert G. Simms and moved to Albuquerque, N.Mex. 1940 Worked for the Dewey for President campaign 1944, Dec. 31 Died, Chicago, Ill.

From the guide to the Hanna-McCormick Family Papers, 1792-1985, (bulk 1902-1944), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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