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Clarkson, James Sullivan

journalist, was born May 17, 1842, in Brookville, Ind. He has been first assistant postmaster - general, and chairman of the republican national committee. He has a natural aptitude and love for politics.

He was made chairman of the republican state committee when but twentyfour years of age; and when twentyfive was offered the Swiss mission by President Grant. In 1871 he was appointed postmaster at Des Moines, Iowa, which he filled until 1877. He began life as a school teacher; learned the printing business and worked on the Daily State Register of Des Moines, of which he became foreman, reporter, night editor, city editor, and editor-in-chief. This publication, with his brother, he purchased in 1870, which he has made the leading paper of Iowa. He is president of the Republican league of the United States, and one of the foremost political leaders in America.