York U., 1904, Williams, 1905, Princeton, 1906,
U. of Buenos Aires, 1906, Harvard, 1907, Wesleyan, 1909, McHill,
1913, Union U., 1914, U. of State of N. Y., 1915, U. of Toronto,
1918, and Colgate U., 1919; Dr. Polit. Science, U. of Leyden, 1913;
D.C.L., Oxford, 1913; mem. Faculty of Political and Administrative
Sciences, University of San Marcos, Lima, 1906); Admitted to bar,
1867; U. S. dist. atty. Southern Dist. of N. Y., 1883-5; Sec. of
War in cabinet of President McKinley, Aug. 1, 1899-Feb. 1, 1904;
Sec. of State in cabinet of President Roosevelt, July 1, 1905-Jan.
27, 1909; U. S. senator from N. Y., 1909-15; mem. Alaskan Boundary
Tribunal, 1903; counsel for U. S. in N. Atlantic Fisheries
Arbitration, 1910; mem. Permanent Court of Arbitration at The
Hague, 1910-; pres. Carnegie Endowment for Internat. Peace, 1910;
president Hague Tribunal of Arbitration between Great Britain,
France, Spain, and Portugal, concerning church property, 1913;
ambassador extraordinary at the head of special diplomatic mission
to Russia, during revolution, 1917. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for
1912.

JOHNSON, Hiram Warren,

Senator; b. Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 2, 1866; Educ. U. of Cal.,
leaving in jr. yr.; began as short-hand reporter; studied law in
father's office; admitted to Cal. bar, 1888; mem. staff of pros.
attys. in boodling cases, involving leading city officials and
almost all pub. 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. sen