Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935

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Lawyer, public official, and author from Indiana.

From the description of Papers of William Dudley Foulke, circa 1470-1952 (bulk 1868-1935). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063216

A native of Pennsylvania, William D. Foulke moved to Texas as a rancher, living at Melissa Ranch, Mountain Home, and Kerrville. In 1889, Foulke was arrested for murder, but the charges were dismissed the next year.

From the guide to the Foulke, William D. papers 87-022., 1886-1891, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Biographical Note

  • 1848, Nov. 20: Born, New York, N.Y.
  • 1869: A.B., Columbia College,New York, N.Y.
  • 1871: LL.B., Columbia Law School,New York, N.Y.
  • 1871 - 1876 : Practiced law, New York, N.Y.
  • 1872: Married Mary Taylor Reeves
  • 1876: Richmond, Ind. Richmond Moved to Richmond, Ind. Attorney, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad
  • 1882 - 1886 : Republican member, Indiana state senate
  • 1885: Introduced a bill to establish Indiana civil service system; subsequently organized and became president of the Indiana Civil Service Reform Association
  • 1886 - 1890 : President, American Woman Suffrage Association
  • 1887: Published . . . Slav or Saxon; a Study of the Growth and Tendencies of Russian Civilization (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 148 pp.)
  • 1889: Ceased practicing law
  • 1889 - 1890 : Conducted an investigation into conditions in the federal civil service for the National Civil Service Reform League
  • 1893: Acting chairman, woman's suffrage congress at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.
  • 1893 - 1921 : President, Proportional Representation League
  • 1899: Published Life of Oliver P. Morton, Including His Important Speeches (Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Co. 2 vols.)
  • 1900: Published Maya; a Story of Yucatan (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 219 pp.)
  • 1901: Appointed member of the Civil Service Commission by President Theodore Roosevelt
  • 1903: Published Protean Papers (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 197 pp.)
  • 1906 - 1916 : Editor and part owner, Evening Item, Richmond, Ind.
  • 1910 - 1914 : President, National Municipal League
  • 1911: Published Dorothy Day (New York: Cosmopolitan Press. 297 pp.)
  • 1912: Published Masterpieces of the Masters of Fiction (New York: Cosmopolitan Press. 269 pp.)
  • 1916: Published Lyrics of War and Peace (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. 119 pp.)
  • 1919: Published Fighting the Spoilsmen; Reminiscences of the Civil Service Reform Movement (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 348 pp.)
  • 1922: Published A Hoosier Autobiography (New York: Oxford University Press. 252 pp.)
  • 1923 - 1924 : President, National Civil Service Reform League
  • 1930: Published Lucius B. Swift, a Biography (Indianapolis: Published for the Indiana Historical Society by Bobbs-Merrill Co. 153 pp.)
  • 1935, May 30: Died, Richmond, Ind.

From the guide to the William Dudley Foulke Papers, circa 1470-1952, (bulk 1868-1935), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880. Papers, 1815-1880. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Indiana History mss., 1725-1973 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Additional correspondence and compositions, 1873-1945. Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Barrows family papers, 1861-1931. Houghton Library
creatorOf Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935. Letter to Horace Howard Furness, 1886. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Carl Schurz Collection, 1869-1893 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Holloway, William R. (William Robeson), 1836-1911. Papers, 1795-1903. Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 Houghton Library
creatorOf Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935. Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1888-1890. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Correspondence and compositions collected by The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 1878-1923. Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf William Dudley Foulke papers Library of Congress
referencedIn Theodore Roosevelt Papers, 1759-1993, (bulk 1878-1919) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. Houghton Library
referencedIn Clarke, Grace Julian, 1865-1938. Grace Julian Clarke papers, 1845-1938 (bulk 1901-1933). Indiana State Library - ISL
referencedIn Civil Service Reform Association records Cornell University Library
referencedIn Fairbanks mss., 1819-1939 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Foulke, William D. papers 87-022., 1886-1891 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
creatorOf William Dudley Foulke papers Library of Congress
referencedIn Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906. Papers of Carl Schurz, 1862-1893. University of Virginia. Library
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correspondedWith Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915 person
correspondedWith Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 person
correspondedWith Adee, Alvey A. (Alvey Augustus), 1842-1924 person
correspondedWith Ade, George, 1866-1944 person
correspondedWith Adler, Felix, 1851-1933 person
correspondedWith Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 person
correspondedWith Barrows family. family
correspondedWith Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927 person
correspondedWith Blackwell, Henry Brown, 1825-1909 person
correspondedWith Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921 person
correspondedWith Bowers, Claude Gernade, 1879-1958 person
correspondedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962 person
correspondedWith Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922 person
correspondedWith Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 person
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correspondedWith Dana, Richard Henry, 1851-1931 person
correspondedWith Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 person
correspondedWith Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 person
correspondedWith Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918 person
correspondedWith Faulk family family
associatedWith Faulk family. family
correspondedWith Fiske, John, 1842-1901 person
associatedWith Foulke [family] family
correspondedWith Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950 person
correspondedWith Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909 person
correspondedWith Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902 person
correspondedWith Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924 person
correspondedWith Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 person
correspondedWith Gresham, Walter Quintin, 1832-1895 person
correspondedWith Hammond, John Hays, 1888-1965 person
correspondedWith Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904 person
correspondedWith Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 person
correspondedWith Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943 person
correspondedWith Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 person
correspondedWith Hay, John, 1838-1905 person
correspondedWith Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 person
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correspondedWith Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 person
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correspondedWith Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 person
correspondedWith Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 person
correspondedWith Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899 person
correspondedWith Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 person
associatedWith Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880. person
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correspondedWith Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 person
correspondedWith Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 person
correspondedWith Low, Seth, 1850-1916 person
associatedWith Mary Foulke Morrisson. family
correspondedWith McClure, Samuel S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949 person
correspondedWith McKinley, William, 1843-1901 person
correspondedWith Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914 person
associatedWith Morrisson, Mary Foulke. person
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associatedWith National Civil Service Reform League. corporateBody
correspondedWith Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922 person
correspondedWith Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918 person
associatedWith Permanent Court of International Justice. corporateBody
correspondedWith Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943 person
correspondedWith Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 person
correspondedWith Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902 person
correspondedWith Reeve family family
associatedWith Reeve family. family
associatedWith Reeves, Arthur Middleton, 1856-1891. person
associatedWith Reeves [family] family
associatedWith Reeves, Mark E. person
associatedWith Reeves, Mark E. Mark E. Reeves papers. person
correspondedWith Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916 person
correspondedWith Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948 person
correspondedWith Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. person
correspondedWith Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 person
correspondedWith Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941 person
associatedWith Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906. person
correspondedWith Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947 person
associatedWith Shoemaker families. family
correspondedWith Shoemaker family family
associatedWith Shoemaker family. family
correspondedWith Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908 person
correspondedWith Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893 person
correspondedWith Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929 person
correspondedWith Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 person
correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
correspondedWith Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905 person
correspondedWith Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 person
correspondedWith White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918 person
correspondedWith White, William Allen, 1868-1944 person
associatedWith William Dudley Foulke person
associatedWith Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Kerrville (Tex.)
Egypt
Indiana
Europe
Europe
United States
Indiana
Palestine
Mountain Home (Tex.)
Palestine
United States
Egypt
Subject
American literature
Cattle stealing
Cattle trade
Civil service reform
Icelandic literature
International law
Trials (Murder)
Pacifism
Progressivism (United States politics)
Sagas
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Authors
Lawyers
Public officials
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Birth 1848

Death 1935

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