Colgate U., 1876-8; A.B., Brown U., 1881, A.M., 1884; LL.B.,
Columbia, 1884; (LL.D., Brown, 1906, Columbia, Knox, and Lafayette,
1907, Union, Colgate, 1908, George Washington, 1909, Williams
College, Harvard, and Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1910, Yale Univ.,
1915); admitted to N. Y. bar, 1884; prize fellowship, Columbia Law
Sch., 1884-7; nominated for office of mayor of New York by Rep.
Conv., 1905, but declined; gov. of N. Y. 2 terms, Jan. 1, 1907-Dec.
31, 1908, Jan. 1, 1909-Dec. 31, 1910; resigned, Oct. 6, 1910;
apptd., May 2, 1910, and Oct. 10, 1910, became asso. justice
Supreme Court of U. S.; nominated for President of U. S. in Rep.
Nat. Conv., Chicago, June 10, 1916, and resigned from Supreme Court
same day; Secretary of State, 1921

HOUSE, Edward Mandell,

B. Houston, Tex., July 26, 1858; Educ. Hopkins Grammar Sch., New
Haven, Conn., 1877; Cornell U., 1881; active in Dem. councils,
state and national, but never a candidate for office. Personal
representative of President Wilson to the European governments in
1914, 1915, and 1916; apptd. by the President, Sept., 1917, to
gather and organize data necessary at the eventual peace
conference; commd. as the special rep. of Govt. of U. S. at the
Inter-Allied Conference of Premiers and Foreign Ministers, held in
Paris, Nov. 29, 1917, to effect a more complete coordination of the
activities of the Entente cobelligerents for the prosecution of the
war; designated by the President to represent the U. S. in the
Supreme War Council at Versailles, Dec. 1, 1917; Oct. 17, 1918;
designated by the President to act for the U. S. in the negotiation
of the Armistice with the Central Powers; mem. Am. Commn. to
Negotiate Peace, 1918-19