Boies Penrose

Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1897 until his death in 1921. Image File history File linksMetadata Boies_Penrose. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 33rd 119,283 km² 255 km 455 km 2. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Born into a prominent Philadelphia family, he was brother to Spencer Penrose, who in 1918 would build the elegant Broadmoor Hotel at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Boise Penrose graduated from Harvard with a law degree in 1881, and was accepted into the Pennsylvania bar association in 1883. He took an interest in politics and began working for Matthew Quay, a Pennsylvania political boss. He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1884 and served until 1886 when he was elected to the State Senate, where he served as president pro tempore from 1889 to 1891. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... An angled view of the front of the Hotel. ... Downtown Colorado Springs skyline. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A bar association is a professional body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Matthew Stanley Quay (September 30, 1833 - May 28, 1904) was an immensely powerful Pennsylvania political boss; kingmaker (Benjamin Harrison, 1888). ... 1869 tobacco label featuring Boss Tweed A boss, in political science, is a person who wields de facto power over a particular political region or constituency. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Penrose stepped down from his position as a State Senator in 1897 to take office as a United State Senator. Penrose was a dominant member of the Senate Finance Committee and supported high protective tariffs. Penrose was elected the Republican leader of Pennsylvania upon Quay's death in 1904, and was reelected to this position in 1908. Penrose died in Washington, D.C. in 1921, and was buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (or, less formally, Senate Finance Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate. ... A tariff is a tax on imported goods. ... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ...

Senator Penrose was an avid outdoorsman and took pleasure in mountain exploration and big-game hunting. A mountain in Montana and another in the Dickson Range in the Bridge River Country in British Columbia were climbed and named by him. Local lore from the Bridge River Country told by his hunting guide, W.G. (Bill) Manson, was that the senator was a large man (overweight) and they had to shop all over the place to get a horse big enough to fit him and his custom saddle. The horse was so large no other saddle would fit him. The horse was called "Senator", and he was retired to the pasture because no standard saddle would fit him. The Dickson Range is a subrange of the Chilcotin Ranges subset of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwest-central British Columbia. ... The Bridge River is, or was, a major tributary of British Columbias Fraser River, entering that stream about six miles upstream from the town of Lillooet. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 5th 944,735 km² 925,186 km² 19,549 km... The Bridge River is, or was, a major tributary of British Columbias Fraser River, entering that stream about six miles upstream from the town of Lillooet. ...

Quotes

"Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel." -- Boies Penrose

"I believe in the division of labor. You send us to Congress; we pass laws under which you make money...and out of your profits, you further contribute to our campaign funds to send us back again to pass more laws to enable you to make more money." -- Senator Boies Penrose (R-Pa.), 1896, citing the relationship between his politics and big business.

External link

• biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website