Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943

Attorney, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1917-1920, and Secretary of Commerce, 1933-1938.

From the description of Papers, 1860-1958 and n.d. (bulk 1933-1938). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20122068

Attorney, commissioner of internal revenue, 1917-1920, and secretary of commerce, 1933-1938.

From the description of Papers, 1898-1941 ; (bulk 1928-1938). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 86148078

• 1867, April 1: Born Marlboro County, S.C.
• 1888: Received B.A. from Trinity College (became Duke University)
• 1889, Dec. 25: Married Lou McKenzie
• 1892 - 1894 : Member of South Carolina House of Representatives
• 1894 - 1897 : Clerk for U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce
• 1897 - 1900 : Practiced law in Washington, D.C.
• 1900 - 1910 : Expert special agent for U.S. Census Bureau
• 1901: Received LL.B. from National University (Washington, D.C.)
• 1911 - 1913 : Statistician and Chief Clerk for Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
• 1913 - 1916 : First Assistant Postmaster General of United States
• 1916: Chairman, Organization Bureau, Woodrow Wilson campaign
• 1917, Mar. - 1917 Sept. : Vice-Chairman, U.S. Tariff Commission
• 1917 - 1920 : Commissioner of Internal Revenue
• 1920 - 1921 : President of Marlin Rockwell Corporation, New York City
• 1921: Returned to Washington, D.C. to practice law
• 1929 - 1943 : Trustee of Duke University
• 1932: Worked on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidential campaign
• 1933 - 1938 : U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• 1939, May - 1939 Aug. : Minister to Canada
• 1943, April 11: Died

Roper received the following academic degrees: LL.D. from Tusculum College (1927), LL.D from National University (1933), M.B.A. from Bryant and Stratton College in Providence, R.I. (1933), and L.H.D. from Rollins College in Winter Park, Fl.(1934). He was a member of the American Bar Association; the Board of Stewards; the Democratic Party; the Board of Directors for the Atlantic Coast Line Railway; the Board of Education in Washington, D.C. (1932); the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1930); the 6th Ecumenical Conference (1931); Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; the Chevy Chase Club; the National Press Club; the University Club (Washington, D.C.); and the Masons. He was a trustee of Coker College and the American University. Roper was the author of The United States Post Office (1917) and Fifty Years in Public Life (1941).

From the guide to the Daniel C. Roper Papers, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)