Major-General
* 15th of October 1887
† 6th of October 1955
(Regular Army)
| 1935-08-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-01-01 | Colonel |
| 1941-02-14 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-10-25 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1947-01-31 | Major-General (Retired) |
| 1935-06-27 | – | 1936-08-16 | District Engineer, Eastport, Maine |
| 1936-08-17 | – | 1937-07-22 | Coordinator, Resettlement Administration |
| 1937-07-23 | – | 1939-10-22 | District Engineer, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| 1939-10-23 | – | 1940-03-03 | Special Advisor to Secretary of Labor |
| 1940-03-04 | – | 1941-12-03 | Administrator of Wage & Hour Division, Department of Labor |
| 1941-12-04 | – | 1949-05-26 | Federal Works Administrator |
| 1946-12-12 | – | 1947-06-XX | Temporary Controls Administrator, Liquidation of Office of Price Administration & Civilian Production Administration |
| 1947-01-31 | Retired | ||
| 1949-XX-XX | – | 1950-05-22 | Chairman of the US Maritime Commission |
| 1950-XX-XX | – | 1951-XX-XX | Under-Secretary of Commerce |