Daniels, Josephus, 1904-1954

• 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)