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i on. i cnr (3, aW Hon-. Hknky G. D.wis, Chairman of the United States delegation to the Pan-American Conference, was born in Maryland. His early life was spent on a farm. When, in early manhood, the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road was built through the farm on which he lived, he was employed by that company, and thus became inter- ested in railroading, to which most of his life has been devoted. He is now president of the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg, the Piedmont and Cumberland, the Coal and Iron railway companies, and also of the Davis Coal and Coke Company, one of the leading bitum- inous coal corporations of the United States. For many years he has ' been one of the leading spirits in the devel- opment of West irginia, and a number of towns have been founded by him, the largest of which, Davis, is a community of some three thousand people. His politi- cal career began when he was elected a delegate to the West Virginia State Legislature. He was twice elected to the State Senate, and on the occasion of his first election to that body every vote except one, in the town of Pied- mont, in which he then lived, was cast for him. From the State Senate lie went to the United States Senate, serving there twelve years, when he declined re-election in order to give all of his attention to the development of the natural resources of his State. While in the United States Senate, he was a prominent member of the Appro- priations Committee, and for some time its chairman. He is now president of the Davis National Bank and the West Virginia Trust Company, and a director in several other financial institutions. Although deeply engrossed in business aiTairs, he has from time to time been called upon to give his counsel in matters of public interest, and is now a member of the commission recently appointed to revise the taxation and corporation laws of West ' ir- ginia. Mr. Davis has always taken a deep interest in the improvement of the political and commercial relations of the American republics. He served as a delegate to the first Pan-American Congress, held in Washington in 1889, and was a member of the International Railway Commission which supervised the surveys for the pro- posed road to connect the railway systems of the United States and Mexico with those of Argentina.
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(15obcvnor aibcrt 15, m ) tt Albert B. Wiiite is a college-bred man, having taken the degree of A. B. in the classical course at Marietta College, class of 1878, being valedictorian of his class, which numbered twenty-two at graduation. He has since taken the degree of A. M. in cursu. From July, 1878, to July, 1899, he was engaged in the newspaper business. He purchased the Daily State Journal at Parkersburg, early in 1881, and was editor of that paper, establishing the daily issue of it in 1883, until he disposed of his newspaper interests in July. 1899- He was President of the National Editorial .-Kssociation of the United States in 1888. He served two terms as United States Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of West Virginia — the first term under President Harrison ' s administration and the second term under McKinley ' s first administration, resigning the position upon being elected Governor. He was elected Governor in 1900 by a majoritv ap- proximating 20,000, and was inaugurated March 4, 1901. Governor White is specially interested in educational matters, his father being one of the leading educators of the country, and has shown himself to be a warm friend of the University as well as of our other State educational institutions. He was born Septem1)er 22, 1856.
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