Boies Penrose

Boies Penrose ( born November 1, 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † December 31, 1921 in Washington DC ) was an American politician of the Republican Party, who represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate.

Life

Penrose came from a distinguished family of Philadelphia; his brother Spencer later gained prominence when he built the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs.

After graduating from Harvard University in 1881, he was admitted to the Bar of Pennsylvania in 1883.

Policy

As Penrose's interest in politics awoke, he first worked for Matthew Quay, the leading head of the Republicans in Pennsylvania. In 1884 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; In 1886 he moved to the state Senate, which he was president pro tempore from 1889 to 1891.

His mandate as a state senator in 1897 he laid down to take over the office of a U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania, a position he held until his death. In the Senate he was one of the most important members of the Finance Committee and made strong for high protective tariffs.

In 1904 he was elected by Matthew Quays death chairman of the Republicans in Pennsylvania. Four years later he was appointed in this position.

Others

1915 Penrose was one of the companions of the Liberty Bell during their return journey through the United States to Philadelphia after it had been presented at the World Exhibition in San Francisco. He accompanied the bell on the way from New Orleans to Philadelphia.

Penrose was an avid mountaineer and hunter. Two mountains in Montana and British Columbia, which he ascended, were named after him. For his hunting trips he took as tall and heavyset man a special horse, the also fit his special saddle. This is also very big horse by the name of Senator Penrose received after the death of his charity on a pasture, as it was not to be used for other riders. No standard saddle would have fit on the animal.