Theodore Burton portrait
Title |
Theodore Burton portrait |
Subject |
Presidents--Election Other--Federal Government Cleveland (Ohio) Oberlin College Politicians |
Time Period |
1910s |
Place |
Cleveland (Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio) |
Description |
Theodore Burton (1851-1929) was born in Jefferson, Ohio, on December 20, 1851, and graduated from Oberlin College in 1872. He began his political career in 1889 after being elected as a Representative and years later as a Senator from Ohio. Throughout his life he had interrupted spells in the US House of Representative and Senate. In 1916, he was a candidate for Republican nomination for president. In 1922, President Warren G. Harding appointed Burton to represent the United States at the World War Debt Funding Commission, and Burton served as the head of the American delegation at the Geneva Conference in 1925. He died in Washington, DC, on October 28, 1929. |
Date of Original |
ca. 1910-1919 |
Collection |
Theodore Burton Collection |
Source |
SC 2263 |
Format |
Picture Black-and-white photographs |
Submitting Institution |
Ohio History Connection |
Rights |
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
Type |
StillImage |
File Name |
AL04089.tif |
Image Height |
1522 |
Image Width |
1522 |
File Size |
10570460 Bytes |
Date created |
2011-08-04 |
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