DOVER, ELMER

(1873), a istant secretary of the Treasury, born at McConnelsville, Ohio, s. of John Wesley and Frances Winn Dover. He was educated in the public schools at McConnelsvile. He was a newspaper reporter and editor until 1897 when he became secretary to late Senator M. A. Hanna with whom he remained until 1904 when he was made secretary of the Republican National Convention. In 1908 he became sec. of the National Advisory Com. and two years later vice president and Pacific Coast manager of H. M. Byllesby Co. of Chicago, which position he retained until 1919 when he accepted the position of president of the Western Rubber Co., Tacoma, Wash. The following year he took charge of the presidential campaign of Warren G. Harding on the Pacific Coast and in 1921 was appointed by President Harding as a istant secretary of the Treasury, resigning in 1923.