Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Attorney and Pullman Company executive, 1888-1922. Born in New Hampshire in 1844 and educated at Amherst College, John Sumner Runnells was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1869. After serving two years as a U. S. Consul in England, Runnells practiced law in Iowa where he mainly represented railroad companies in accident and injury claims cases. In 1888, Runnells joined the Pullman’s Palace Car Company as General Counsel and in 1911, he succeeded Robert T. Lincoln as President of the Pullman...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Attorney and Pullman Company executive, 1888-1922. Born in New Hampshire in 1844 and educated at Amherst College, John Sumner Runnells was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1869. After serving two years as a U. S. Consul in England, Runnells practiced law in Iowa where he mainly represented railroad companies in accident and injury claims cases. In 1888, Runnells joined the Pullman’s Palace Car Company as General Counsel and in 1911, he succeeded Robert T. Lincoln as President of the Pullman...

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Attorney and Pullman Company executive, 1888-1922. Born in New Hampshire in 1844 and educated at Amherst College, John Sumner Runnells was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1869. After serving two years as a U. S. Consul in England, Runnells practiced law in Iowa where he mainly represented railroad companies in accident and injury claims cases. In 1888, Runnells joined the Pullman’s Palace Car Company as General Counsel and in 1911, he succeeded Robert T. Lincoln as President of the Pullman...