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BORN:
February 15, 1845;
Clinton, New York

DIED:
February 7, 1937 (age 91);
New York, New York

EDUCATION:
Hamilton College, New York (AB, 1864)
New York University (LLB, 1867)
Hamilton College (AM, 1867)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1867:
Admitted to the New York Bar,
Began Practicing Law in New York City
1883-1885:
U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
1886-1887:
Chairman, Republican County Committee; New York
1894:
Delegate to NY State Constitutional Convention
1899-1904:
U.S. Secretary of War
1905-1909:
U.S. Secretary of State
1909-1915:
U.S. Senator (R-NY)
1910-1925:
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 
1912:
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1913:
President of The Hague Tribunal of Arbitration between Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal, concerning church property
1915:
President, NY State Constitutional Convention
1917:
Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to lead diplomatic mission to Russia

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of State
Nobel Prize
Papers (Library of Congress)
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

PORTRAITS:

Library of Congress
Artist: Ellen Emmet Rand (State Department Portrait)