Men of 1914 Biographical Sketches
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Hallock, Harry Marion, railroad official, of Taylorville, Ill., was born June 19, 1873, in Havensville, Kan. He was educated at Campbell University of Holton, Kan. In 1890 he entered railway service as a telegraph operator; has been train dispatcher, superintendent and since 1912 general superintendent of the Chicago and Illinois Midland Ry.

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Hamerschlag, Dr. Arthur Arton, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. Education, public schools, Omaha and New York, and private tutors. Sc.D., Lehigh U., Western U. of Pa., 1907; LL.D., Trinity, 1912. Supt. St. George's Evening Trade School, N.Y., 1892-1903; director, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1903. Consulting engineer, N.Y. Trade School, and Boys' Prep. Trade Sch., 1892-1904. M.A.A., Eng. Educ., Elec. Eng., A.A.A.S.

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Hamill, James A., congressman, was born in Jersey City, N.J., March 30, 1877. He was elected in 1902 as a member of the New Jersey house of assembly, where he served four consecutive one-year terms, during the last two of which he was leader in that body of the democratic minority ; was elected to the sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses, and re-elected to the sixty-third congress as a democrat, and resides in Jersey City, N.J.

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Hamilton, Charles M., United States congressman from the forty-third district of New York, was born Jan. 23, 1874, in Ripley, N.Y. He is a farmer and oil producer, and has been a member of the state senate. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15, and resides in Ripley, N.Y.

Hamilton, Edward La Rue, congressman, was born Dec. 9, 1857, in Berrien County, Mich. He was a member of the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses as a Republican. He was re-elected to the sixty-third congress from the fourth district of Michigan for the terms of 1913-15, and resides in Niles. 

Hamilton, Elwood, lawyer and legislator, of Frankfort, Ky., was born Feb. 22, 1883, in Franklin County, Ky. He is secretary and a member of the Kentucky State Tax Commission; is a successful lawyer and has filled several positions of trust and honor. He served one term as a representative in the Kentucky state legislature from Franklin County.

Hamilton, Isaac Miller, life insurance president; born in Ash Grove, Ill., Sept. 6, 1864; son of Ephraim S. and Celia B. (Miller) Hamilton. He was educated in the public schools of Ash Grove, at the Grand Prairie Seminary, Onarga, Ill., and by private tutors. Soon after leaving school he entered the banking business, and through his entire business life he has been engaged in banking and insurance affairs. When the Federal Life Insurance Company of Chicago was organized, in May, 1900, he was made its president. He is a Republican and represented that party in the Illinois Senate from 1896 to 1900. He was president of the Illinois Republican League from 1898 to 1900, and president of the National Republican League from 1900 to 1.902. He is a member of the Masonic order (thirty-second degree) and a Knight Templar. His club memberships include the Union League, the Hamilton, of which he is a life member ; Chicago Yacht and the New Illinois Athletic Club. He married Amanda S. Ernst, daughter of Charles E. Ernst of Chicago. Residence : 813 Buena Ave., Chicago. Office address: Federal Life Bldg., 166 and 168 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Hamilton, John L., banker, of Hoopeston Ill., born, Shipman, Ill., May 8, 1862; son of John L. and Ann Eliza (Leemon) Hamilton; educated in high school, Watseka, Ill.; married, Homer, Ill., Feb. 9, 1892, Mary A. Hall; children : John L., Jr., Donald N., Robert S., Howard L., Thomas James. President Hoopeston National Bank; vice-president and director American Bank and Trust Co., Danville, Ill.; director and treasurer Citizens' Building and Loan Association, Hoopeston, and Federal Life Insurance Co., Chicago, Ill. Deputy county treasurer eleven years, and one year deputy clerk of Probate Court ; mayor and member City Council, Hoopeston, six years. Republican; Presbyterian. President of American Bankers Association in 1906; president Illinois Bankers Association in 1899. Member Federal Legislation Committee, Currency Commission, and chairman of Fidelity and Burglary Insurance Committee of American Bankers Association; member Illinois Board of Trustees of Red Cross Society of America. Mason, Knight Templar, Consistory, Shriner. Recreation : Automobiling. Clubs : Union League, Hamilton, Bankers' (Chicago), Commercial, Owl (Hoopeston), Chicago Association of Commerce. Director Illinois Manufacturers' Association.

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Hamlin, Charles Gilbert, merchant, banker; born, Waterford, Maine, March 26, 1847; son of David Tilden and Harriet (Robins) Hamlin; educated in the public schools; married, Milan, N.H., Nov. 20, 1875, Lydia A. Blake. On discharge from army entered lumber camp and remained until Feb., 1869 ; removed to California, via Panama, returning 1871, over newly completed railroad; followed lumbering business until 1875; since engaged in general store business. President White Mountain National Bank ; vice-president Gorham Savings Bank.  At the age of 17 (Aug., 1864) he joined the army as private, Company II, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery ; discharged June, 1865. Chairman Board of Selectmen ; deputy sheriff eight years; three years Knight of Pythias. Republican; Congregationalist. Mason. Member of Grange. Has farm at Shelburne, N.H. Address: Gorham.

Hamlin, Courtney Walker, congressman, was born at Brevard, N.C., Oct. 27, 1858; is a lawyer and married; was elected to the fifty-eighth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses, and re-elected to the sixty-third congress.

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Hammitt, Joseph Otis, secretary of the Citizens' Union of New York City; born, Kingston, N.Y., Aug. 6, 1883; son of Joseph and Mary (Craig) Hammitt; educated in public schools through academic courses; uncompleted courses in N.Y. Law School; unmarried. Connected with various newspapers in N.Y. City, mainly Brooklyn Times and N.Y. Evening Post; served as Washington (D.C.) correspondent, Albany (N.Y.) correspondent, traveling political and special correspondent; visited Martinique and St. Vincent at the time of volcanic disturbances in 1902; gave description of eruptions of Mt. Pelee and Mt. Soufriere in Brooklyn Times; asst. sec. N.Y. Public Service Commission for the First District, 1907; legislative agent Citizens Union of N.Y. City, 1908, 1909, 1910. Sec. Citizens Union of N.Y. City, 1910, 1911, 1912; in charge of literary bureau of Citizens Committee of One Hundred in New York City campaign of 1909, and literary bureaus independent political organizations in other N.Y. City and N.Y. State campaigns. Sec. Legislative Voters' Assn. Clubs: City, Union League (Brooklyn).

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Hammond, William Churchill, organist; born at Rockville, Conn., Nov. 25, 1860.  Studied music in Hartford and New York, and since 1885 has been organist of the Second Congregational Church of Holyoke ; was instructor in the organ department of Smith College from 1890 to 1900, and has been professor of music at the Mount Holyoke College since 1900: Address: Holyoke; Mass. Has given over 800 organ recitals in the Connecticut Valley.

Hammond, Winfield Scott, congressman, was born Nov. 17, 1863, in Southboro, Worcester County, Mass. He was elected to the sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses, and re-elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15, and resides in St. James, Minn.

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Hampton, Benjamin Bowles, vice-pres. and dir. Am. Tobacco Co., Yonkers, N.Y., was born, Macomb, March 19, 1875; son of David Hail and Mary (Bowles) Hampton; educated in public schools and acad. at Macomb, Ill.; married Mary Somers Bartleson; children : Catherine, born 1901; David Bartleson, born 1901; Helen, born 1903; Mary, born 1906; Benjamin Randolph, born 1910. Was a newspaper man and publisher in the west for several years; came to N.Y. 1899, and engaged in journalistic and publishing work for several years; later connected with Am. Tobacco Co., of which he is now v-pres. and a dir. Presbyterian.

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Hand, Joseph C., secretary and treasurer of the Aetna Real Estate and Loan Company of 29 West Thirty-fourth St., New York City. He is a member of the Republican, Elks, Museum of Natural History of New York and of the National Geographical Society. He resides at 1867 Seventh Ave., New York City.

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Hanecy, Elbridge, lawyer; born in Wisconsin, March 15, 1852; son of William and Mary (Walls) Hanecy.  After completing his education in common schools and academy, he studied law, and was admitted to practice in Illinois. He engaged in the general practice of law in Chicago until elected judge of the Circuit Court of Illinois in Cook County in December, 1893, and he was re-elected in June, 1897, his term expiring in 1903. He was appointed judge of the Superior Court in January, 1904, afterward resuming the practice of law in which he is now engaged. Judge Hanecy is a prominent and active Republican, and in religious affiliation is an Episcopalian. He is a member of the Union League Club, Chicago Athletic Association, Midday Club, South Shore Country Club, Chicago Commercial Association and the Gentleman's Riding and Driving Club. He married in Chicago, March 1, 1876, Sarah Barton, and they have seven children. Residence: 3116 Michigan Avenue. Office: First National Bank Building, Chicago.

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Hanna, James R., lawyer, banker, jurist and statesman of Greeley, Neb., was born Feb. 21, 1861, in Vinton, Iowa. In 1889-90 he was a member of the Nebraska state legislature; and since 1904 has been judge of the eleventh judicial district of Nebraska. He is also president of the Greeley State Bank ; and president of the Brayton State Bank.

Hanna, John Venable, chief engineer Kansas City Terminal Ry. Office, Kansas City, Mo. Born 1864 at Plattsmouth, Neb. • Educated at the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University. Entered railway service Aug., 1885, with the Chicago, Burlington & Northern Ry., since which he has been consecutively, July, 1886, to Nov., 1886, assistant engineer Colorado Rd.; March, 1887, to May, 1888, resident engineer Current River Rd.; May to Nov., 1888, assistant engineer Kansas City, Ft. Scott Memphis Rd. ; 1889, mining in Colorado ; Jan., 1890, to Oct., 1890, shop inspector Thames River bridge; Jan., 1891, to Aug., 1899, assistant engineer Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Rd.; Aug., 1899, to Nov., 1900, resident engineer Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis Rd.; Nov., 1900, to Aug., 1901, assistant chief engineer same road; Aug., 1901, to Jan., 1904, assistant chief engineer St. Louis & San Francisco Rd.; Jan., 1904, to Dec., 1906, principal assistant engineer and assistant engineer maintenance of way same road; Dec., 1906, to date, chief engineer Kansas City Terminal Ry.

Hanna, Louis B., governor of the State of North Dakota, was born Aug. 9, 1861, in New Brighton, Pa. He is governor of North Dakota for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Bismarck, N.D.

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Hannauer, George, general manager Indiana Harbor Belt Rd. Office Gibson, Ind. Born Dec. 19, 1872, at St. Louis, Mo. Entered  railway service Sept. 24, 1890, with the Terminal Rd. Association of St. Louis, since which he has been consecutively March 1, 1903, to April 8, 1907, superintendent Wiggins Ferry Co., of St. Louis; April 8, 1907, to Jan. 1, 1911, superintendent Indiana Harbor Belt Rd. ; Jan. 1, 1911, to July 1, 1912, general superintendent; July 1, 1912, to date, general manager same road.

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Hansell, Alfred Wetherill, stock broker; born Philadelphia, Dec. 29, 1863; son of Barnet and Rebecca (Wetherill) Hansell; educated in Lauterbach's Academy; married, Philadelphia, April 2, 1901, Adelaide M. Warner. Started in business in 1879 with Winthrop & Percy Smith; became member of firm of Winthrop Smith & Co., 1901, bankers and brokers. Became member of firm Butcheg, Sherrerd & Hansel!, Jan., 1913, which firm succeeded Winthrop Smith & Co. Director Distiller Securities Corporation ; became member of Philadelphia Stock Exchange, 1892. Republican; Episcopalian. Recreations : Shooting, golf, tennis, squash, yachting. Clubs : Rittenhouse, Racquet, Philadelphia Country, Philadelphia Gun. Residence : 1609 Pine St. Office : 220 Real Philadelphia.

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Hanson, Bert, lawyer, of 42 Broadway, New York City, was born, Sanford, Me., July 26, 1867; s. Benjamin F. and Fannie (Thompson) Hanson; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1886; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1890; Cornell Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1893; unmarried. Admitted to Bar, Feb., 1894; mem. firm of Goodale & Hanson. Independent Democrat; 3d deputy Comm'r of police of N.Y. City, Jan., 1907, to June, 1909; assistant U.S. attorney general (in charge of customs cases), since June 6, 1914. Mem. N.Y. City Bar Ass'n, Zeta Psi Fraternity, Municipal Art Soc. (dir.). Fine Arts Federation, National Academy Association (trustee and secretary). Clubs: Yale, Cornell University (gov.)., Reform (trustee and sec.).

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Harden, Percival L., publisher, Metropolitan Bldg., New York City, was born June 21, 1879, in Wheeling, W.Va. He has been in business for himself since 1894, and is a successful publisher of New York City.

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Hardenbergh, James Edward, journalist, author and poet, was born Feb. 11, 1869, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He has devoted most of his newspaper career to perfecting the bureau system of news collecting, and is secretary and manager of the New York City News Association. He is the author of two books and numerous poems.

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Harding, Charles Francis, of 503 University St., W. La Fayette, Ind., was born, Fitchburg, Mass., Sept. 11, 1881. B.S., Worcester, 1902, E.E., 1910; Cornell, 1905-06; Dartmouth, 1908. Testing dept., Gen. Elec. Co., 1902; elec. engineer, Worcester, Providence and Fort Wayne, 1903-05 ; asst. prof. elec. eng., Cornell, 1905-06; asst. elec. eng., Stone and Webster, Boston, 1907-08 ; head prof. elec. eng. and director, elec. lab., Purdue, 1908. Fellow A.I.E.E. member Eng. Educ. ; St. and Interurban Ry. Assn.; Ind. Acad.; Ind. Eng. Soc.; Ind. Elec. Light Assn.; West. Soc. Eng.; West. Ry. Club. Leakage losses in dielectrics at high voltages; photometric and spectrophotometric analyses of locomotive headlights.

Harding, William P. G., banker of Birmingham, Ala., was born May 5, 1864, in Greene County, Ala. Since 1902 he has been president of the First National Bank of Birmingham. He is also a director of the chamber of commerce and of various corporations.

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