utility corpns. in San Francisco, 1906-7; was
selected to take the place of Francis J. Heney, after latter was
shot down in court while prosecuting Abe Ruef, for bribery, 1908,
and secured conviction of Ruef; gov. of Cal., 1911-15; reelected
for term, 1915-19 (resigned Mar. 15, 1917); a founder of
Progressive Party, 1912, and nominee for V.-P. of U.S. on Prog.
ticket same yr.; U. S. senator from Cal. for term 1917-23
KNOX, Philander Chase,
Ex-Secretary of State; b. Brownsville, Pa., May 6, 1853; Educ.
A.B., Mt. Union Coll., Ohio, 1872; read law in office of H. B.
Swope, Pittsburgh; (LL.D., U. of Pa., 1905, Yale, 1907, Villanova,
1909); Admitted to bar, 1875; asst. U. S. dist. atty., Western
Dist. of Pa., 1876-7; Atty.-Gen. in cabinets of Presidents McKinley
and Roosevelt, Apr. 9, 1901-June 30, 1904; apptd. U. S. senator by
Governor Pennypacker, June 10, 1904, for unexpired term of Matthew
Stanley Quay, deceased; elected U. S. senator, Jan., 1905, for
term, 1905-11; Sec. of State in cabinet of President Taft, Mar.,
1909-13; Reelected U. S. senator, for term 1917-23
LANSING, Robert,
Ex-Secretary of State; b. at Watertown, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1864; Educ.
A.B., Amherst, 1886; (LL.D., Amherst, 1915, Colgate, 1915,
Princeton, 1917, Columbia, 1918, Union, 1918, U. State of N. Y.,
1919); Admitted to bar, 1889; Asso. counsel for U.
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