James Rockwell Sheffield papers 1768-1969

Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948

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Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, Republican Party politician, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the 36th Governor of New York, the Republican nominee in the 1916 presidential election, and the 44th United States Secretary of State. Born to a Welsh immigrant preacher and his wife in Glens Falls, New York, Hughes pursued a legal career in New York City. After working in private practice for several ye...

New York (N.Y.). Board of Fire Commissioners.

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Olds, Robert Edwin, 1875-1932

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Hotchkiss, Frederick William, 1762-1844

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Frederick Willliam Hotchkiss might have been born in the early 1760s. He graduated from Yale College in 1778, teaching in local schools and studying theology after graduation. He was licensed to preach in October 1782 and was ordained in Saybrook, Connecticut, on September 24, 1783. He remained as pastor of the Saybrook church until his death on March 31, 1844. He was married to Amelia Hart Ely, with whom he had two daughters. Frederick William Hotchkiss, the fifth of se...

Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1877-1952

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Senator, congressman. From the description of Reminiscences of James Wolcott Wadworth : oral history, 1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309738592 ...

Jennings, Oliver Gould, 1865-1936

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Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937

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Lawyer and politician Frank Billings Kellogg was born in New York, and raised in Minnesota. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began a long career in public service as city attorney of Rochester, Minnesota. He served as president of the American Bar Association, and as United States Senator from Minnesota and Ambassador to Great Britain. While serving as Calvin Coolidge's Secretary of State, he co-authored the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris, outlawing war an...

Weddell, Alexander Wilbourne, 1876-1948

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Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

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Epithet: President of Columbia University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000180 Butler was a philosopher, diplomat, and educator; president of Columbia University from 1901-1942. From the description of Nicholas Murray Butler letter, 1942 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777002021 President of Columbia University. From the description of Letters to F.W. Wile and...

Anderson, Chandler P. (Chandler Parsons), 1866-1936

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Lawyer, advisor to the U.S. Dept. of State, and international arbitrator. From the description of Chandler P. Anderson papers, 1894-1953 (bulk 1896-1929). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 759050363 Biographical Note 1886, Sept. 5 Born, Lakeville, Conn. 1887 A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. ...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Hilles, Charles Dewey, 1867-1949

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Charles D. Hilles: insurance executive and politician; chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1912-1937; secretary to President Taft, 1911-1913; assistant secretary of the Treasury, 1909-1911; administrator of the Ohio Industrial School, 1892-1902, and of the New York Juvenile Asylum, 1902-1909. From the description of Charles Dewey Hilles papers, 1823-1955 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702154071 Charles D. Hilles: insurance executive and p...

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

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Elihu Root, born in Clinton, NY, attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served as member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1...

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943

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William Lyon Phelps was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 2, 1865. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1887, an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1891, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1891. Phelps taught English at Yale from 1892 until 1933 and was a popularizer of literature through his public lectures, radio addresses, and syndicated newspaper columns. He died in New Haven on August 21, 1943. From the description of William Lyon Phelps papers, 1826-1944 (inclusive), 1887-1943 (bulk)...

National Republican Club

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Humphrey was apparently a student at Berea College from 1867 to 1871 and later resided in New York City. He was president of the Columbia Salvage Company through 1923, but the papers predominantly relate to his political interests. In addition to being an active member of the National Republican Club, of which he was one of the original incorporators, Humphrey was secretary of the Republican National League (1887 - 1892), secretary of the Sulgrave Institute of the United States (1922), a member ...

Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was an American politician who served as U.S. President (1908-1912) and Chief Justitce of the Supreme Court (1921-1930). 1857 Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15th 1878 Graduated from Yale University 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law School ...

Schoenfeld, Hans Frederick Arthur, 1889-1952.

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National Republican Party (U.S.)

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Sheffield, James R. (James Rockwell), 1864-1938

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James Rockwell Sheffield practiced law in New York City. He was active in Republican politics and served in the New York legislature, on the New York City Board of Fire Commissioners, as president of the National Republican Club, and as a delegate to four Republican national conventions between 1916 and 1936. From 1924 to 1927 Sheffield was United States Ambassador to Mexico. From the description of James Rockwell Sheffield papers, 1768-1969 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Morrow, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1873-1931

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Epithet: US senator and diplomatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x0003cd Lawyer with Simpson, Thacher & Reed, 1905-14; banker with J.P. Morgan & Co., 1914-27; Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1930-31; trustee of educational and philanthropic institutions. Married Elizabeth Reeve Cutter; four children: Elisabeth, Anne, Dwight Jr., Constance. From the des...

Yale University. Alumni

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White, Edward-Douglass, 1845-1921

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Edward Douglass White, politician and jurist, served as U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1891-1894), as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1894-1910) and as Chief Justice (1910-1921.) From the description of Letters, 1892, 1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235181289 A native of Thibodeauxville, La., and the son of former Louisiana governor Edward Douglass White, Sr., White served as a Louisiana state senator and a U.S. senator until President G...

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

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Epithet: president of the United States British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00001d Calvin Coolidge's son John married John Trumbull's daughter Florence. From the description of Letter, 1931 March 16, Northampton, Mass., to John H. Trumbull, Plainville, Conn. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 25622017 For information on Pres. Coolidge, see an encyclopedia. No information is...

Allison, William B. (William Boyd), 1829-1908

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Iowa legislator; United States House of Representatives, 1863-1871; United States Senate, 1873-1908. From the description of Letter : Dubuque, Iowa, to W[illiam] W[orth] Belknap, Washington, D.C., 1873 Oct. 22. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496685 U.S. Senator and Representative from Iowa. From the description of Papers of William B. Allison, 1862-1916. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 148787411 William ...

Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1894-1956

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Arthur Bliss Lane was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 16, 1894. He graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1916) and entered the diplomatic service as secretary to the United States ambassador to Italy. Lane served in diplomatic posts throughout Europe, and joined the Department of State in 1923. He served in Mexico and Nicaragua before returning to Europe in 1937. Lane served as ambassador to Colombia (1942-1944) and ambassador to Poland (1945-1947). He retired from diplomatic service in 1947 ...