Robert McNutt McElroy (December 28, 1872 - January 15, 1959) was a professor of history at Princeton University from 1898 to 1916.
He was born in Perryville, Kentucky. He married Louise Booker on May 21, 1900. He died in Lîhu'e, Hawaii and was buried in Princeton, New Jersey. He is survived by his granddaughters Roberta McElroy Malcolm and Daphne McElroy Gawne.
He was the first American professor to teach in China on an official professor-exchange program, lecturing there from 1916 to 1917. He became a jingoistic advocate of a strong national defense during World War I, working with the National Security League (NSL).
In April 1918, McElroy accused practically every citizen in the state of Wisconsin of treason. McElroy was addressing some University of Wisconsin Army junior cadets on behalf of the NSL in the rain on the college's campus. The acoustics made it difficult to hear him, and the wet cadets fidgeted throughout his speech. McElroy grew increasingly angry as he spoke, convinced the cadets were ignoring him. Finally McElroy—whether in exasperation or because he truly believed it—accused the students and the university's faculty of treason. But since no one could hear him, there was no response to his statement. McElroy then broadened his accusation to include the chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (who was also in attendance) and the entire population of the state of disloyalty as well. To make matters worse, McElroy published these accusations in a number of newspaper articles. When word of McElroy's statements were made known, the public and press turned on the NSL and accused it of xenophobia and fanaticism. Many mainstream supporters of the League, unaware of the jingoistic tendencies of some of the more senior members of the organization's inner circle, quit in protest.
During the 1920s and 1930s he taught at Oxford University, Cambridge University and other institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom.
He was a noted biographer of Grover Cleveland and Jefferson Davis, and wrote respected histories of the states of Kentucky and Texas and the conquest of the American West.
He was born in Perryville, Kentucky. He married Louise Booker on May 21, 1900. He died in Lîhu'e, Hawaii and was buried in Princeton, New Jersey. He is survived by his granddaughters Roberta McElroy Malcolm and Daphne McElroy Gawne.
He was the first American professor to teach in China on an official professor-exchange program, lecturing there from 1916 to 1917. He became a jingoistic advocate of a strong national defense during World War I, working with the National Security League (NSL).
In April 1918, McElroy accused practically every citizen in the state of Wisconsin of treason. McElroy was addressing some University of Wisconsin Army junior cadets on behalf of the NSL in the rain on the college's campus. The acoustics made it difficult to hear him, and the wet cadets fidgeted throughout his speech. McElroy grew increasingly angry as he spoke, convinced the cadets were ignoring him. Finally McElroy—whether in exasperation or because he truly believed it—accused the students and the university's faculty of treason. But since no one could hear him, there was no response to his statement. McElroy then broadened his accusation to include the chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (who was also in attendance) and the entire population of the state of disloyalty as well. To make matters worse, McElroy published these accusations in a number of newspaper articles. When word of McElroy's statements were made known, the public and press turned on the NSL and accused it of xenophobia and fanaticism. Many mainstream supporters of the League, unaware of the jingoistic tendencies of some of the more senior members of the organization's inner circle, quit in protest.
During the 1920s and 1930s he taught at Oxford University, Cambridge University and other institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom.
He was a noted biographer of Grover Cleveland and Jefferson Davis, and wrote respected histories of the states of Kentucky and Texas and the conquest of the American West.
Robert McNutt McElroy (December 28, 1872 - January 15, 1959) was a professor of history at Princeton University from 1898 to 1916.
He was born in Perryville, Kentucky. He married Louise Booker on May 21, 1900. He died in Lîhu'e, Hawaii and was buried in Princeton, New Jersey. He is survived by his granddaughters Roberta McElroy Malcolm and Daphne McElroy Gawne.
He was the first American professor to teach in China on an official professor-exchange program, lecturing there from 1916 to 1917. He became a jingoistic advocate of a strong national defense during World War I, working with the National Security League (NSL).
In April 1918, McElroy accused practically every citizen in the state of Wisconsin of treason. McElroy was addressing some University of Wisconsin Army junior cadets on behalf of the NSL in the rain on the college's campus. The acoustics made it difficult to hear him, and the wet cadets fidgeted throughout his speech. McElroy grew increasingly angry as he spoke, convinced the cadets were ignoring him. Finally McElroy—whether in exasperation or because he truly believed it—accused the students and the university's faculty of treason. But since no one could hear him, there was no response to his statement. McElroy then broadened his accusation to include the chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (who was also in attendance) and the entire population of the state of disloyalty as well. To make matters worse, McElroy published these accusations in a number of newspaper articles. When word of McElroy's statements were made known, the public and press turned on the NSL and accused it of xenophobia and fanaticism. Many mainstream supporters of the League, unaware of the jingoistic tendencies of some of the more senior members of the organization's inner circle, quit in protest.
During the 1920s and 1930s he taught at Oxford University, Cambridge University and other institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom.
He was a noted biographer of Grover Cleveland and Jefferson Davis, and wrote respected histories of the states of Kentucky and Texas and the conquest of the American West.
He was born in Perryville, Kentucky. He married Louise Booker on May 21, 1900. He died in Lîhu'e, Hawaii and was buried in Princeton, New Jersey. He is survived by his granddaughters Roberta McElroy Malcolm and Daphne McElroy Gawne.
He was the first American professor to teach in China on an official professor-exchange program, lecturing there from 1916 to 1917. He became a jingoistic advocate of a strong national defense during World War I, working with the National Security League (NSL).
In April 1918, McElroy accused practically every citizen in the state of Wisconsin of treason. McElroy was addressing some University of Wisconsin Army junior cadets on behalf of the NSL in the rain on the college's campus. The acoustics made it difficult to hear him, and the wet cadets fidgeted throughout his speech. McElroy grew increasingly angry as he spoke, convinced the cadets were ignoring him. Finally McElroy—whether in exasperation or because he truly believed it—accused the students and the university's faculty of treason. But since no one could hear him, there was no response to his statement. McElroy then broadened his accusation to include the chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (who was also in attendance) and the entire population of the state of disloyalty as well. To make matters worse, McElroy published these accusations in a number of newspaper articles. When word of McElroy's statements were made known, the public and press turned on the NSL and accused it of xenophobia and fanaticism. Many mainstream supporters of the League, unaware of the jingoistic tendencies of some of the more senior members of the organization's inner circle, quit in protest.
During the 1920s and 1930s he taught at Oxford University, Cambridge University and other institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom.
He was a noted biographer of Grover Cleveland and Jefferson Davis, and wrote respected histories of the states of Kentucky and Texas and the conquest of the American West.
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