The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-03-10

graduated from Mt. Union college,
Ohio, in 1872; admitted to bar in
1875; assistant United States district
attorney, western district Of Pennsyl-
vania. 1867; since 1877 member of
law firm of Knox & Reed. which rep
resents many large corporations, in
GLIDING the Carnegie company; at
torney general of the United States
19O1-O4: United States senator from
Pennsylvania, 10000.
Secretary Of the Treasury.
| Franklin MacVeagh, of Illinois
Born on farm in Chester county. Pa.
graduated from Yale in 1862: Column
bia Law school, New York. 1864:
abandoned law practice in New York
because of i'll health and removed to
Chicago; established the wholesale
grocery house of franklin MacVeagh
& Co., of which he has been presi-
, dent since its organization; president
of Chicago Citizens association in.
1874; nominated by democrats for
United States senator in 1894 and
made canvass of the state, but was
defeated in legislature: has been
president of Chicago bureau of chart.
ties and vice president of American
Civic association: chairman immigra-
ton department of National Civic
federation.
e Secretary Of War.
d Jacob NJ. Dickinson. of Tennessee
McGavock Dickinson is the
! southern member of President Taft's
e cabinet. A Mississippian by birth.
he lisa citizen of Tennessee and as 9
: Cleveland democrat supported Mr..
= Taft for the presidency. Probabl,
his most notable public service wa,
y as counsel for the United States il
8 the Alaskan boundary cass before tn,
arbitration tribunal in London il
1903. He was an assistant attorne.
general of the Unite 5tates durin,
Clevelanu's admin .ation, and ha
been general counsel for the Illinoii
= Central Railroad company for som
Iyears, spending most of his time i
Chicago. where the general Office
of that company are located. MI
Dickinson is SO years old, having bee
born in Columbus, Miss, in 1851
He is graduate Of the Universit
Of Nashville, from which school h
has degree as master of arts. an,
he studied law at Columbia university
at the University Of Leipzig and il
Paris. He is president of the Ameri
can Bar association and belongs to tn,
Chicago club, the Onwentsia and tn
Iroquois clubs. all of Chicago. Mr.
Dickinson is the owner of the famou
Belle Meade stock farm in Nashville
Attorney General.
George W. Wickersham, of New
York-Born in Pittsburg in 1858
studied civil engineering at Lehigl
!. university; graduated from Law
= school of University of Pennsylvania
! in 1880: practiced law in Philadel!
- . phia 1880 to 1882; one year in office
y of Chamberlain. Carter & Hornblow.
er; in 1884 became managing CLERK
= of the law firm OF Strong & Cadwal.
70 ladaer, with which Henry w. Taft
brother of the president-e IS asso-
. ciated; known as the "office LAWYER
. of the firm, the member who knows
, the law and plans the conduct Of
cases: his legal ability rated by
q Martindale's law directory as every
c good' and under recommendation the
:, law directory classes him as Every
d high"
= Secretary Of the Navy.
George Won l.. Meyer, of Mass
achusetts-Born in Boston in 1858
graduated from Harvard in 1879;
trustee Providence Institution for
Savings; director Old Colony Trust
: company, of Boston, and of several
X manufacturing corporations; member
Boston common council, 1890 80:
member Massachusetts house of repre-
\. sentatives, 1926, speaker from
: 1894 to 1896: member republican ma
tional committee, 1S9S-1905; amDas-
AZ AZ sador to Italy. 19O0-O5; ambassador
1 to Russia. 1905-O7: postmaster gener-
is al, March 4. 1907, to March 4, 1909.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor.