Research topic: Albert Baird Cummins

Albert Baird Cummins 1850-1926, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1909-26), b. Green co., Pa. He studied law in Chicago and in 1878 joined his brother in practice in Des Moines. As governor of Iowa (1901-8), Cummins worked to break up railroad domination in politics and to inaugurate progressive policies in the state. He was elected (1908) to the U.S. Senate and was co-author there of the Esch-Cummins Transportation Act of 1920. Author not available, CUMMINS, ALBERT BAIRD. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more