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Richard Henry Dana III
Richard Henry Dana III (January 3, 1851 – December 16, 1931) was an American lawyer and civil service reformer.
Dana was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 3, 1851, the son of lawyer and politician Richard Henry Dana Jr. and Sarah (née Watson) Dana (1814–1907). His paternal grandfather was poet and critic Richard Henry Dana Sr.
Dana graduated from Harvard University. In 1874, he looked back on those years: "Days in college were happy-go-lucky times, even for the most studious and athletic."
Dana was the author of the Massachusetts Ballot Act of 1888, the first state Australian ballot (secret ballot) act passed in the US.
Dana wrote a substantial biography of his father, Richard Henry Dana Jr. He became a friend and financial adviser to Hosea Ballou Morse, whom he introduced to Theodore Roosevelt.
He was a major leader of Mugwumps, especially through his editorship of the Civil Service Record. His people took credit for passing the state's 1884 civil service law, which was a stronger version of the federal Pendleton Act of 1883. Both laws were enacted to limit the effect of political patronage, thus disrupting the spoils system. The goal were improved morality and increased efficiency. It was also designed to contain the rising political power of the Irish Catholics.
He died at his home in Cambridge on December 16, 1931.
The papers and photographs of Dana, together with material relating to him collected by his son, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana, and his sister, Elizabeth, are held at the Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site. Some family financial records are held at the Houghton Library, Harvard, these include correspondence between Dana and William Penn Cresson, relating to the Cresson's biography of Francis Dana. A number of letters are in the Abernathy Collections at the Middlebury College library, though these may be by his father. A substantial collection of family papers (including 293 bound volumes and 81 boxes) is held at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Family papers are also found at the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library.
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Richard Henry Dana III
Richard Henry Dana III (January 3, 1851 – December 16, 1931) was an American lawyer and civil service reformer.
Dana was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 3, 1851, the son of lawyer and politician Richard Henry Dana Jr. and Sarah (née Watson) Dana (1814–1907). His paternal grandfather was poet and critic Richard Henry Dana Sr.
Dana graduated from Harvard University. In 1874, he looked back on those years: "Days in college were happy-go-lucky times, even for the most studious and athletic."
Dana was the author of the Massachusetts Ballot Act of 1888, the first state Australian ballot (secret ballot) act passed in the US.
Dana wrote a substantial biography of his father, Richard Henry Dana Jr. He became a friend and financial adviser to Hosea Ballou Morse, whom he introduced to Theodore Roosevelt.
He was a major leader of Mugwumps, especially through his editorship of the Civil Service Record. His people took credit for passing the state's 1884 civil service law, which was a stronger version of the federal Pendleton Act of 1883. Both laws were enacted to limit the effect of political patronage, thus disrupting the spoils system. The goal were improved morality and increased efficiency. It was also designed to contain the rising political power of the Irish Catholics.
He died at his home in Cambridge on December 16, 1931.
The papers and photographs of Dana, together with material relating to him collected by his son, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana, and his sister, Elizabeth, are held at the Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site. Some family financial records are held at the Houghton Library, Harvard, these include correspondence between Dana and William Penn Cresson, relating to the Cresson's biography of Francis Dana. A number of letters are in the Abernathy Collections at the Middlebury College library, though these may be by his father. A substantial collection of family papers (including 293 bound volumes and 81 boxes) is held at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Family papers are also found at the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library.