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Title: The Mirrors of Washington

Author: Anonymous

Posting Date: May 28, 2009 [EBook #3812]
Release Date: March, 2003
First Posted: September 19, 2001
Last Updated: March 21, 2002

Language: English

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THE MIRRORS OF WASHINGTON

CONTENTS

WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

HARDING, Warren G.,

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

WILSON, Woodrow,

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., Wake
Forest, 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 to
Europe, Mar. 5; arrived in Paris, Mar. 14; signed Peace Treaty,
June 28, 1919

HARVEY, George (Brinton McClellan),

Editor; b. Peacham, Vt., Feb. 16, 1864; Ed