5. His first public job was as prosecutor of Hamilton county, Ohio, in 1881. The next year he was appointed Cincinnati’s collector of internal revenue, but he resigned later to practice private law.
6. In 1886, He married Helen Herron of Cincinnati, Ohio, with whom he had three children.
7. In 1887, he got his first chance to serve as a judge when he was chosen to complete an unfinished term on the Ohio supreme court. The next year, he was elected to a full term.
8. Although only 32 years of age, in 1889 President Benjamin Harrison appointed him United States Solicitor General.
9. He was always a succesful lawyer, and as the Solicitor General, he won 18 out of 20 cases.
10. In 1900, he was asked by president McKinley to lead a commision to restore peace and order in the Phillipines. He stayed there till 1903, when he came back to be president Roosevelt’s wars secretary.

Presidential Facts

1. Unlike T. Roosevelt, he refused to extend executive or federal powers without congressional approval.
2. He signed the Payn-Aldrich Act of 1909.
3. Despite the many attacks on him, he actively and consistently prosecuted monopolies.
4. In 1910, he signed the Mann-Elkins Act, which placed many communications companies under the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC).
5. Under his administration, the 16th  and 17th Amendments to the constitution of the United States were made.
6. He introduced many bills but failed to convince people that he was responsible for pushing them forward.
7. He established the plan known as “dollar diplomacy.”
8. He pushed to lower tariffs between the United States and Canada.
9. He caused the split of the Republican party which made him loose the 1812 election to Woodrow Wilson.