[1] Chairman, Woodrow Wilson reelection campaign, 1916. Father: John Wesley Roper
Mother: Henrietta V. McLaurin
Wife: Lou McKenzie (m. 25-Dec-1889, two daughters, five sons)
Daughter: Margaret May
Son: James Hunter
Son: Daniel Calhoun
Daughter: Grace Henrietta
Son: John Wesley
Son: Harry McKensie
Son: Richard Frederick
University: Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
University: BA, Duke University (1888)
Law School: LLB, National Law School (1901)
US Ambassador to Canada (1939)
US Secretary of Commerce (1933-38)
Roper, Hurrey, & Dudley (-1933)
Roper, Hagerman, Hurrey, & Parks (1921-)
Marlin-Rockwell Corporation President (1920-21)
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner (1917-20)
US Official First Asst. Postmaster General (1913-16)
Congressional Staff Clerk, House Committee on Ways and Means (1911-13)
US Official Census Bureau (1900-10)
Congressional Staff Clerk, Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce (1894-97)
South Carolina State House of Representatives (1892-94)
Member of the Board of Atlantic Coast Railroad
Freemasonry
Shriners
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Author of books:
The United States Post Office (1917)
Fifty Years of Public Life (1941, memoir)
