Men of 1914 Biographical Sketches
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Helm, Harvey, congressman, was born at Danville, Boyle Co., KY. He served in the general assembly of Kentucky, session of 1894; elected county attorney of Lincoln County in 1897 for the term of four years, and re-elected in 1900; was delegate from the eighth district to the Democratic National Convention at Kansas City in 1900; was elected to the sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congress; and re-elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15 ; and resides in Stanford, Ky.

Helm, Henry Benjamin, first vice-president and treasurer Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co. Office, Shreveport, La., born Nov. 10, 1864, at Hannibal, Mo. Educated at Parsons College, Fairfield, Ia., 1880-83. Entered railway service 1894 as clerk 'in comptroller's office Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis Rd. at Kansas City, Mo., since which he has been consecutively February, 1897, to Aug. 1, 1899, traveling auditor Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Rd.; Aug. 1, 1899, to July 1, 1901, chief clerk freight accounts Kansas City Southern Ry., successor to the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Rd.; July 1, 1901, to Dec. 1, 1904, secretary and auditor Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co., formerly Shreveport & Red River Valley Ry.; Dec. 1, 1904, to May 1, 1912, secretary and general superintendent same company; May 1, 1912, to January, 1913, second vice-president and treasurer same company ; January 1, 1913, to date, first vice-president same road.

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Helvering, Guy T., United States congressman from the fifth district of Kansas, was born Jan. 10, 1878, in Felicity, 0. He served in the Spanish-American War. He has been county attorney. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Marysville, Kan.

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Hemenway, Stacy, physician, surgeon, was born Jan. 13, 1836, in La Porte County, Ind. He graduated from the medical department of the Lind University, now known as the Northwestern University Medical School. During the Civil War he was assistant surgeon of the ninth cavalry Illinois volunteers; then became surgeon of the forty-first United States colored troops; and subsequently was acting assistant surgeon in the United States army. During 1871-74 he was resident physician to the hospital for the insane of 'Washington territory ; was a charter member of the Washington State Medical Society; and is prominently identified with the various leading medical bodies in America; and resides at Namax, Ore.

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Hemlock, Daniel James, lawyer of 220 Carroll St., Waukesha, Wis., was born Aug. 6, 1854, in Cedarburg, Wis. He is president of Waukesha Public Library; president of Waukesha County Bar Association; Court Commissioner twenty-five years; local Civil Service Examiner. Member of Wisconsin and American Bar Associations, Knights of Columbus.

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Hemphill, Alexander Julian, banker; born Philadelphia, Pa., 1856; son of William Kerr and Sarah Jane Hemphill ; educated Philadelphia public schools and private tutors; married at Philadelphia, 1880, Jeannette Cadmus. Was connected with Pennsylvania Railroad until 1883, when became secretary of Norfolk & Western Railroad; resigned 1905, to become connected with Guaranty Trust Co., being elected to office of president, 1909. Clubs: Metropolitan, Down-Town, Automobile of America, Aero, Century, Recess, Rumson Country, Union League, Economic, Rittenhouse of Philadelphia, Recess. Residence: 130 East 71st St. Office: 140 Broadway, N.Y. City.

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Hempstead, Ernest Alexis, banker, editor; born Dimock, Susquehanna County, Pa., Dec. 15, 1851; son of Orlando G. and Eliza 0. (Tyler) Hempstead; educated in public schools of Brooklyn and Montrose, Pa., and Philadelphia High School; married, Detroit, Mich., Aug. 5, 1875, Annie M. Warner; children : Marguerite, Louise, Helen. Editor Crawford Journal at age of 21; proprietor, at age of 23, and continued as both, thirty-seven years; president The Star Co., and editor-in-chief Morningstar, Meadville, Pa., 1907-1909. Printer The Chautauqua Magazine, 1880-1885, Chautauqua Assembly Daily Herald, 1878-1905; editorial contributor to both. Vice-president and director New First National Bank, Meadville; director Meadville Malleable Iron Co., and Crawford Mutual Insurance Co. Served as executive document clerk House of Representatives, Washington, 1895- 1897; postmaster Meadville, Pa., 1897-1910; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention, 1886. Unitarian. Delegate Progressive National Convention, 1912. Member of National Municipal League, Civil Service Reform Ass'n. Chamber of Commerce, American Academy Political and Social Science; president Meadville City Hospital, 1903-1910, director, 1891-1910; vice-president Meadville Theological School; member Meadville School Board four years. Honorary member Delta Tau fraternity. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Round Table, Literary Union. Residence : 660 North Main St. Office: Meadville.

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Henderson, William D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Physics and Director of the University Extension Service, was born, Ingersoll, Can., Nov. 27, 1866. A.B., Michigan, 1903, A.M., 1904, Ph.D., 1906. Instr. physics, Michigan, 1903-05, asst. prof., 1906- Assoc. mem. Physical Soc. Electrochemistry; concentration cells. Heat of dilution of zinc amalgams. Joint author of High School Physics; author of High School Laboratory Manual.

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Henry, Horace Chapin, railroad contractor and banker of White Building, Seattle, Wash., was born in North Bennington, Vt. He is a Civil War veteran; built with partners 2,500 miles of railroad. He is president of the Metropolitan Bank of Seattle; and president of the Northern Life Insurance Company.

Henry, Hugh Horatio, lawyer and public official of Chester, Vt., was born June 13, 1883, in Chester, Vt. He graduated from Yale College; and is a successful lawyer. In 1910 he was executive clerk for Governor John A. Mead ; and since 1912 has been a member of the executive committee of the national conference of weights and measures.

Henry, Robert Lee, congressman, was born May 12, 1864, in Linden, Tex. In 1890 he was elected mayor of Texarkana, Tex.; and resigned to accept the office of assistant attorney-general. He was a member of the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses as a Democrat; he was re-elected to the sixty-third congress from the eleventh district to Texas for the term 1913-15; and resides in Waco, Texas.

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Henshaw, Frederick Valdemar, consulting eng'r of 14 Wall St., New York City, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug., 1866; son of George Holt and Cornelia Middagh (Birdsall) Henshaw; educated at a private school, Brooklyn, Montreal High School, Bishop's Coll., Montreal, specializing in chemistry and engineering; married in N.Y. City, June, 1906, to Isabel Jeanette Hamilton. Employed on the survey of the St. Lawrence River, 1886; employed 1887-89, as consecutively apprentice draftsman and asst. to chief engr. with Royal Elec. Co., Montreal; with C. & C. Elec. Motor Co., 1889-95; member of firm of Downes & Henshaw, Providence, R.I., consulting engrs., 1895-97; asst. engr. the Crocker-Wheeler Co., 1897-1904; consulting engineer, William P. Bonbright & Co., Inc., New York; vice-pres., Eastern Power & Light Corp.; vice-pres., Colonial Power & Light Co.; director, United Utilities Co., Reading Transit & Light Co., Arizona Power Co. Episcopalian. Member of Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs.; past vice-pres., N.Y. Elec. Soc.; sec. Elec. Section, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. Clubs: Hamilton (Brooklyn), Engineers (N.Y. City). Address: 24 Broad St., N.Y. City.

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Hensley, Walter Lewis, congressman, was born in Jefferson County, Mo., Sept. 3, 1871. He was elected to the sixty-second and sixty-third congresses.

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Herbert, Casimer, educator, linguist and poet of 168 Fullum St., Montreal, Canada, was born Jan. 12, 1879, in LaPigeonniere, Quebec. He makes a specialty of translating into French; and is a philologist and a polyglot, speaking eight languages, translating fourteen and has studied the grammar of over twenty languages, mostly European. He is a member of the Montreal Historical Society; and has translated and edited various works. He is preparing an edition of his own poems; and a series of books on Archeology. He is professor of languages and the manager of the religious and theological department of Granger Freres.

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Herr, Edwin M., president Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. Office: New York, N.Y. Born May 3, 1860, at Lancaster, Pa. Graduated from Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. Entered railway service, 1878, since which he has been consecutively to 1880, telegraph operator on construction train and station agent Kansas Pacific Rd.; 1882, apprentice Altoona shops Pennsylvania Rd.; 1884 to 1885, apprentice West Milwaukee shops Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.; 1885 to 1887, successively draftsman mechanical engineer's office, assistant engineer of tests -and engineer of tests Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rd. at Aurora, Ill.; 1887 to 1889, superintendent telegraph at Chicago, and 1889 to 1890, division superintendent same road at Beardstown and Galesburg, Ill.; 1890 to 1892, division master mechanic Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. at West Milwaukee, Wis.; 1892 to 1894, superintendent Grant Locomotive Works at Chicago; Jan., 1895, to Jan. 1, 1897, assistant superintendent motive power and machinery Chicago & North Western Ry.; Jan. 1, 1897, to Sept. 10, 1898, superintendent motive power and machinery Northern Pacific Ry.; Sept. 10, 1898, to June 1, 1905, successively assistant general manager and general manager Westinghouse Air Brake Co.; June 1, 1905, to July, 1911, first vice-president Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.; July, 1911, to date, president same company.

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Herrick, Eli West, merchant, miller, of 255 Mullin St., New York City, was born Black River, N.Y., June 11, 1856; son Allen H. and Ellen (West) Herrick; grad. Watertown High Sch., 1874; Sheldon's Sch. of Salesmanship, 1904; married Watertown, N.Y., May 26, 1881, Ella Sargent. Began business as a bank clerk in 1875; in 1876 entered milling business with father; in 1895, when firm A. H. Herrick & Son was incorporated, became vice-president and manager; pres., 1905. Past pres.,, vice-pres. Watertown Chamber of Commerce; dir. Watertown Savings Bld'g and Loan Ass'n. Vice-pres. Y.M.C.A. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. F. and A.M., T.0.0.10. (past grand). Club : Crescent Yacht.

Hewitt, Charles Elbert, of Durham, N.H., was born Hanover, N.H., Nov. 8, 1869. B.S., N.H. Col., 1893; M.M.E., Cornell, 1895. Engineer and designer, Hyer Sheeham Elec. Motor Co., Newburgh, N.Y., 1895-97; prof. elec. eng., N.H. Col., 1908- Consulting engineer, 1897- Elec. Eng.

Hewitt, John Napoleon Brinton, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., was born Lewiston, N.Y., Dec. 16, 1859. Pub. schools. Newspaper correspondent, 1876-79; maintained private sch. for boys, 1877-79; amanuensis to Mrs. E. A. Smith, ethnologist, Jersey City, 1879-85; with Adams Express Co., 1885-86; ethnologist, Bur. Am. Ethnol., 1886- Anthrop. Assn.; Wash. Anth (v.-pres., 1907). Mythology, philology, sociology and Indians; anthropology. Texts with interlinear translations of American on the above mentioned subjects in the Iroquoian dialects.

Hewitt, Peter Cooper, of 51 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y., was born, New York, March 5, 1861. Stevens; Columbia, hon. Sc.D., 1903. Mem. firm Cooper, Hewitt & Co. and Cooper Hewitt Elec. Co. Engaged in experimental work; trustee, Cooper Union; House of Rest for Consumptives; director of several companies. Physical Soc.; Elec. Eng.; Naval Archit. and Marine Eng.; Am. Geog. Soc.; N.Y. Elec. Soc.; N.Y. Gen. Soc. Mech. and Tradesmen. Mechanical appliances; Cooper Hewitt light; Cooper Hewitt rectifier; light.

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Hexamer, Charles A. secretary, Philadelphia Fire Underwriters' Assn., Philadelphia, Pa.; born at Hoboken, N.J., in 1852; educated at New York University, being graduated as civil engineer in 1871. He was engaged in civil engineering for the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, and afterward was connected with E. Hexamer, publisher of insurance maps and surveys in Philadelphia. He became connected with insurance in 1883, as inspector for the Hartford Fire Ins. Co., and was also inspector for a time for the Home and North British and Mercantile Ins. Cos. He was a member of the firm of Henry W. Brown and Co., in Philadelphia, 1890-94, and was then secretary of the Philadelphia Local Board for two years, after which he became local manager of the Hartford Fire Ins. Co. He has been secretary of the Philadelphia Fire Underwriters' Assn., since 1904; is past president of the National Fire Protection Assn., and is chairman of the Committee, Explosives and Combustibles, N.F.A., Fire Underwriters, and was member of the National Advisory Board for Testing Structural Materials and Fuels. Address : 135 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa.

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