US Diplomat, Lawyer. Served as United States Minister to Switzerland from 1920 to 1921. He was born in Tyler, Texas, April 23, 1873; son of Franklin Newman and Martha Isabella (Boren) Gary, lineal descendent of Gen. Joseph Dickson of Revolutionary fame, who was a member of Congress, 1799-1801. Educated in Bingham School, N. C., and University of Virginia; married December 18, 1901, to Miss Bessie Royall, daughter of N. R. Royall, of Palestine, Texas. Admitted to the bar in 1894, and since in practice at Tyler; Vice-President of the Royall National Bank; director Guaranty State Bank; Captain U. S. Volunteers in Spanish-American War, 1898; later was Colonel Third Infantry Regiment; T. N. G. Member House of Representatives of Texas, 1901-02; member State Democratic Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate to Democratic State Conventions, 1904, 1906, 1912, and Democratic National Convention, Denver, 1908; nominated Democratic Presidential Elector for State at large, 1908, but declined honor. Referee in Bankruptcy for several years; Standing Master in Chancery U. S. Court for entire Eastern District of Texas since February, 1913; regent of University of Texas, 1909-11; trustee Tyler Public Library; member Texas State Bar Association, National Geographic Society, American Bar Association. Residence, 407 South Broad Avenue; office, 218 West Ferguson Street, Tyler, Texas.
US Diplomat, Lawyer. Served as United States Minister to Switzerland from 1920 to 1921. He was born in Tyler, Texas, April 23, 1873; son of Franklin Newman and Martha Isabella (Boren) Gary, lineal descendent of Gen. Joseph Dickson of Revolutionary fame, who was a member of Congress, 1799-1801. Educated in Bingham School, N. C., and University of Virginia; married December 18, 1901, to Miss Bessie Royall, daughter of N. R. Royall, of Palestine, Texas. Admitted to the bar in 1894, and since in practice at Tyler; Vice-President of the Royall National Bank; director Guaranty State Bank; Captain U. S. Volunteers in Spanish-American War, 1898; later was Colonel Third Infantry Regiment; T. N. G. Member House of Representatives of Texas, 1901-02; member State Democratic Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate to Democratic State Conventions, 1904, 1906, 1912, and Democratic National Convention, Denver, 1908; nominated Democratic Presidential Elector for State at large, 1908, but declined honor. Referee in Bankruptcy for several years; Standing Master in Chancery U. S. Court for entire Eastern District of Texas since February, 1913; regent of University of Texas, 1909-11; trustee Tyler Public Library; member Texas State Bar Association, National Geographic Society, American Bar Association. Residence, 407 South Broad Avenue; office, 218 West Ferguson Street, Tyler, Texas.
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