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Rh to the fifty-fifth Congress to fill the unexpired term caused by the death of Honorable Edward D. Cooke. He was reelected to the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth Congresses, and is at present a member of the Ways and Means Committee and the committee on Election of President, Vice-President, and Representatives in Congress.

He is a trustee of Northwestern university, Evanston; a director of the American Institute of Germanics; was for two years president of the Harvard university club, of Chicago; twice president of the Illinois Society, sons of the American Revolution; twice president of the University club of Chicago; is an active member of the Civil Service Reform League; and is connected with a number of other civic, fraternal and social organizations. In 1904, Northwestern university conferred upon him the degree of LL.D.

Mr. Boutell was married, December 29, 1880, to Miss Euphemia Lucia Gates, daughter of Charles Horatio and Sarah Gates, of Providence, Rhode Island. They have three children, Roger Sherman Gates, Hugh Gates and Alice Gates. Their eldest son was married June 1, 1804, to Miss Avis Burley, of Chicago. On February 9, 1903, he was appointed secretary of the United States Legation at Berne, Switzerland. March 8, 1905, he was promoted to be secretary of Legation at The Hague.