ALBERT
BEVERIDGE, Class of 1885
October 6, 1862 - April 27, 1927
ALBERT
JEREMIAH BEVERIDGE was born near
Sugar Tree Ridge, Concord Township, Highland County, Ohio, October 6,
1862. He attended "common schools" and matriculated at
Indiana Asbury University in 1881, where he pledged Deke. His
son, Albert J. Beveridge, Jr., also attended DePauw and was a member of
Psi Phi Deke's Class of 1932.
After
graduation in 1885, Beveridge studied law, was admitted to
the bar in 1887, and commenced practice in Indianapolis. He was elected as
a Republican to the United States Senate on January 17, 1899, reelected
in 1905, and served from March 1899 until March 1911. His bid for
re-election in 1910 was unsuccessful.
Beveridge
returned to
Indianapolis and engaged in literary and historical pursuits. He
was chairman of the National Progressive Convention at Chicago in 1912
and that same year ran unsuccessfully for Indiana governor on the Progressive
ticket. In 1914 he mounted an unsuccessful campaign as a Progressive, and
again in 1922 as a Republican, for re-election to the United States
Senate.
Following
his political career, Beveridge gained notoriety as a historian and
author. In 1920, he received the Pulitzer Prize for The
Life of John Marshall, his four-volume biography
of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall, published in 1916 by Boston and
New York Houghton Mifflin Company.
Beveridge
authored 11 other books, in addition to the biography
of Marshall. They include:
The
Russian Advance
Published 1903 by Harper & Brothers, New York.
The
Bible as Good Reading
Published 1907 by Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co.
Americans
of To-Day and To-Morrow
Published 1908 by Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co.
Work
and Habits
Published 1908 by Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co.
The
Meaning of the Times, and Other Speeches
Published 1908.
Pass
Prosperity Around: Speech of Albert J. Beveridge, Temporary Chairman of
Progressive National Convention
Published 1912 by New York Progressive Party
The
Young Man and the World
Published 1913 by D. Appleton, New York.
What
is Back of the War
Published 1915 by Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis.
The
State Of The Nation
Published 1924 by Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis.
The
Art of Public Speaking
Published 1924.
Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1858
Published 1928 by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.
Beveridge
died in Indianapolis April 27, 1927 and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.
