Urbane Travelers, 1591-1635

by Boies Penrose

Esteemed early travelers each have a chapter, including Fynes Moryson, John Cartwright, Tomas Coryate, William Lithgow, George Sandys, Thomas Herbert, and Henry Blount.

256 pages, Hardcover

Published January 29, 1942

About the author

Senator from Pennsylvania from 1897 until his death in 1921. He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1884, and was elected to the State Senate in 1886, where he served as president pro tempore from 1889 to 1891.He was elected Chairman of the State Republican Party in 1903.He quickly became a power broker in the state, enabling figures like Richard Baldwin to advance through loyalty to his organization. He was forced out of power by the progressive faction of the party, led by William Flinn, in 1912. At that year's party convention, Penrose did not stand for re-election to his national committee post. Following Flinn's departure from the party to support Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 presidential election, Penrose was able to garner enough support to return to his post as national committeeman; he would remain in the position until his death.
Penrose was a dominant member of the Senate Finance Committee and supported high protective tariffs. He had also served on the United States Senate Committee on Banking, United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, and United States Senate Committee on Immigration.
In November 1915, Penrose accompanied the Liberty Bell on its nationwide tour returning to Pennsylvania from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco; Penrose accompanied the bell to New Orleans and then to Philadelphia. The Liberty Bell will not be moved from Pennsylvania again.
He was uncle of historian Boies Penrose (1902-1976)