| 1894 (July 24) |
Born, Goldsboro, North Carolina
|
1914 |
A.B., University of North Carolina
|
1916 |
Admitted to the North Carolina bar
|
1917 |
LL.B., Harvard University
|
1917-1918 |
Served in France as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 317th Army Field Artillery
|
1918-1919 |
Commissioned as a Captain in the North Carolina National Guard and organized a Field Artillery Battery
|
1918-1919 |
1st Lieutenant, serving overseas
|
1919-1942 |
Private law practice
|
1927 |
President, North Carolina Bar Association
|
1927 |
State Senator, North Carolina
|
1940 |
Presidential elector, North Carolina
|
1942-1943 |
Colonel, U.S. Army
|
1943-1945 |
Brigadier General
|
1945 |
Special Assistant to the Secretary of War
|
1945-1947 |
Under Secretary of War
|
1947 |
Secretary of War
|
1947-1949 |
Secretary of the Army
|
1949-1961 |
Private law practice
|
1963 |
Member, Presidential Racial Commission
|
1964 |
Delegate-at-Large, Democratic National Convention
|
1964 |
National Chairman, Lawyers Committee for Johnson and Humphrey
|
1971 (May 25) |
Died, Durham, North Carolina |
