Research topic: Albert Jeremiah Beveridge

Albert Jeremiah Beveridge , 1862-1927, U.S. Senator from Indiana (1899-1911) and historian, b. Highland co., Ohio. He was admitted to the bar (1887) and practiced law (1887-99) in Indianapolis. As a Republican Senator, he supported the policies of Theodore Roosevelt. With other Insurgents he opposed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act (1909) and was defeated for reelection (1910). He became (1912) an organizer of the Progressive party , ran (1912) for governor of Indiana on the party's ticket, and lost. Thereafter he devoted himself principally to writing history. His thorough, sober lives... Read more