Excerpt from Who's Who in State Politics, 1909 1853; was educated at Williston Seminary; Easthampton, Mass. Is a paper manufacturer, was a delegate-at-large to the Republican national conventions of 1892, 1896, 1904 and 1908; was selected as the Massachusetts mem ber of the Republican National Committee in 1892, 1896, 1904 and 1908 (member of advisory committee latter year), was lieutenant-governor in 1897 and governor in 1900 was appointed to the United States Senate Oct. 12, 1904, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Hoar. He was elected by the Legislature in January, 1905, to fill out the term which expired March 3, 1907, and was re. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.