Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time; . everydelegate in the convention on that important subject. In 1900 he was Republican Elector for the eleventh CongressionalDistrict of Massachusetts; chairman of the Massachusetts delegation tothe Nashville Exposition in 1897; served three years as lieutenant-Gov-ernor, and is now serving his second year as Governor. Mr. Draper was also a member of the Society of Colonial Wars,Republican C
Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time; . everydelegate in the convention on that important subject. In 1900 he was Republican Elector for the eleventh CongressionalDistrict of Massachusetts; chairman of the Massachusetts delegation tothe Nashville Exposition in 1897; served three years as lieutenant-Gov-ernor, and is now serving his second year as Governor. Mr. Draper was also a member of the Society of Colonial Wars,Republican Club of Massachusetts, Society of the Sons of the Revolution,Middlesex Club, Norfolk Club, Massachusetts Club. Somerset Club, UnionClub, New Algonquin Club, Exchange Club, Country Club, Home MarketClub, Hope Club (Providence), Metropolitan Club (New York), etc. Mr. Draper married November 21, 1883, Nannie Bristovv, daughter ofthe late General Benjamin Helm Bristow, of New York, who was Secretaryof the Treasury, under Grant, and candidate for the Presidency in had three children, Benjamin Helm Bristow, born February 28, 18S5;Dorothy, born November 22, 1890; Eben S., Jr., born August 30, ^T^ l-y £r a- a^/ia-^r =i 3r^- -^6^e<A^A_CJ^c^ [/<J^.yJU^ OF THE UNITED STATES 289 GEORGE ALBERT DRAPER. George Albert Draper was born in Hopedale, Worcester County,Massachusetts, November 4, 1855, the second son of George and Hannah(Thwing) Draper. He received his primary and secondary education inhis native town, and after a two years course in mechanical engineermgat the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, he entered the employof the firm of Geo. Draper & Son, and in 1877 was admitted a member ofthe firm. He subsequently served as treasurer of the Hopedale MachineCompany. In January, 1897, when the business of George Draper & Sons andothers was incorporated as the Draper Company, he was elected treasurerof the corporation, which position he has continued to
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