President of the United States; b. Corsica, Morrow Co., O., Nov. 2,1865; Educ. student of Ohio Central Coll. (now defunct), Iberia,1879-82; engaged in newspaper business at Marion, O., since 1884;pres. Harding Pub. Co., pubs. Star (daily); mem. Ohio Senate,1900-4; lt.-gov. of Ohio, 1904-6; Rep. nominee for gov. of Ohio, 1910(defeated); mem. U. S. Senate, from Ohio, 1915-21; Baptist;President of the United States, 1921
Twenty-eighth President of the United States; b. Staunton, Va.,Dec. 28, 1856; Educ. Davidson Coll., N. C., 1874-5; A.B.,Princeton, 1879, A.M., 1882; grad. in law, U. of Va., 1881;post-grad, work at Johns Hopkins, 1883-5, Ph.D., 1886; (LL.D., WakeForest, 1887, Tulane, 1898, Johns Hopkins, 1902, Rutgers, 1902, U.of Pa., 1903, Brown, 1903; Harvard, 1907, Williams, 1908,Dartmouth, 1909; Litt. D., Yale, 1901); pres. Aug. 1, 1902—Oct.20, 1910, Princeton U.; gov. of N. J., Jan. 17, 1911—Mar. 1, 1913(resigned); nominated for President in Dem. Nat. Conv. Baltimore,1912, and elected Nov. 4, 1912, for term, Mar. 4, 1913-Mar. 4,1917; renominated for President in Dem. Nat. Conv., St. Louis,1916, and reelected, Nov. 7, 1916; for term Mar. 4, 1917-Mar. 4,1921; Left for France on the troopship "George Washington", Dec. 4,1918, at the head of Am. Commn. to Negotiate Peace; returned to U.S., arriving in Boston, Feb. 24,1919; left New York on 2d trip toEurope, Mar. 5; arrived in Paris, Mar. 14; signed Peace Treaty,June 28, 1919
Editor; b. Peacham, Vt., Feb. 16, 1864; Educ. Peacham Academy;(LL.D., University of Nevada, University of Vermont, MiddleburyColl. and Erskine Coll.). Consecutively reporter SpringfieldRepublican, Chicago News, and New York World, 1882-6; ins. commr.of N. J., 1890-1; mng. editor New York World, 1891-93; constructorand pres. various electric railroads, 1894-8; purchased, 1899, andsince editor North American Review, Pres. Harper & Bros., 1900-15;North Am. Review Pub. Co., 1899-; editor and pub. Harvey's Weekly;dir. Audit Co. of New York; Col. and a.-d.-c. on staffs of Govs.Green and Abbett, of N. J., 1885-92; hon. col. and a.-d.-c. onstaffs of Govs. Heyward and Ansel, of S. C.; U. S. Ambassador toCourt of Saint James
Secretary of State; b. at Glens Falls, N. Y., Apr. 11, 1862; Educ.Colgate U., 1876-8; A.B., Brown U., 1881, A.M., 1884; LL.B.,Columbia, 1884; (LL.D., Brown, 1906, Columbia, Knox, and Lafayette,1907, Union, Colgate, 1908, George Washington, 1909, WilliamsCollege, Harvard, and Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1910, Yale Univ.,1915); admitted to N. Y. bar, 1884; prize fellowship, Columbia LawSch., 1884-7; nominated for office of mayor of New York by Rep.Conv., 1905, but declined; gov. of N. Y. 2 terms, Jan. 1, 1907-Dec.31, 1908, Jan. 1, 1909-Dec. 31, 1910; resigned, Oct. 6, 1910;apptd., May 2, 1910, and Oct. 10, 1910, became asso. justiceSupreme Court of U. S.; nominated for President of U. S. in Rep.Nat. Conv., Chicago, June 10, 1916, and resigned from Supreme Courtsame day; Secretary of State, 1921