Albert J. Beveridge
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (born October 6, 1862 in Concord Township , Highland County , Ohio , † April 27, 1927 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) was an American politician .
biography
After attending school, he first studied at DePauw University , which he finished in 1885; then he studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1887 and founded a law firm in Indianapolis.
On January 17, 1899, he was elected as a US Senator candidate for the Republican Party and, after being re-elected in 1905, represented Indiana in the United States Senate from March 4, 1899 to March 3, 1911 . During his membership in the Senate, he was temporarily chairman of the Committee on Forest Reserves and Wildlife Protection and a member of the Committee on Territories. In 1910 he was defeated by his Democratic challenger John W. Kern .
After his return to Indianapolis he worked in the fields of literature and history . In 1912 he ran for the Progressive Party as governor of Indiana , but was defeated by the Democratic candidate Samuel Ralston . In 1912 he was chairman of the National Convention of the Progressive Party in Chicago , which nominated Theodore Roosevelt as the party's presidential candidate. In 1914 he ran again unsuccessfully for the Progressive Party and then again in 1922 for the Republicans for a seat in the US Senate.
In 1920 Beveridge received the Pulitzer Prize in Biography or Autobiography for The Life of John Marshall , a four-volume biography of John Marshall . Also in 1920 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters .
literature
- Bowers, Claude: "Beveridge and the Progressive Era" (Boston, 1932)
- Braeman, John: "Albert J. Beveridge: American Nationalist" (Chicago, 1971)
Web links
- Albert J. Beveridge in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Members: Albert J. Beveridge. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed February 16, 2019 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beveridge, Albert J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Concord Township , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1927 |
| Place of death | Indianapolis , Indiana |