About
Republican politician who was a Senator from Indiana from 1897 to 1905. He was also the 26th Vice President of the United States from 1905 to 1909 under President Theodore Roosevelt.
Before Fame
He was born in a log cabin in rural Ohio and later worked an agent of the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reporting on political rallies for Horace Greeley during the 1872 presidential election.
Trivia
One of Alaska's largest towns is named after him.
Family Life
His family used their home to shelter runaway slaves.
Associated With
He supported the presidential candidacy of William Howard Taft after he lost the bid for the Republican nomination.
