About
Attorney, Independent politician, and four-term Mayor of Toledo, Ohio. Also a journalist, he wrote for The Chicago Herald during the early 1890s.
Before Fame
He began his career as a reporter for various Ohio newspapers.
Trivia
He penned biographies of President Abraham Lincoln and poet Walt Whitman.
Family Life
His first wife, Susan Brainerd, died just months after their 1892 wedding. Three years later, he married Susan's sister, Ella Brainerd.
Associated With
He was named Ambassador to Belgium by President Woodrow Wilson.
