Hanna family

Biographical Note

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)