Background
Runnells, John Sumner was born on July 30, 1844 in Effingham, New Hampshire, United States. Son of John and Huldah (Staples) Runnells.
Runnells, John Sumner was born on July 30, 1844 in Effingham, New Hampshire, United States. Son of John and Huldah (Staples) Runnells.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1865.
Private secretary to Governor Merrill, of Iowa, 1868-1869. Consul at Tunstall, England, 1869-1871. Admitted to bar, 1871.
Practiced at Des Moines, 1871-1887.
Reporter Supreme Court of the Iowa, 1875-1881. United States district attorney, Iowa, 1881-1885.
General counsel, 1887-1911, vice president, 1905-1911, president, 1911-1922, Chairman of the Board, January since 1922, The Pullman Company, Chicago. Chairman Iowa State Republican Committee, 1879-1881.
Member Republican National Committee, 1880-1884.
Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Member Republican National Committee, 1880-1884.
Married Helen R. Baker, March 31, 1869 (died 1918). Children: Mabel (Mistress Robert Irving Jenks), Lucy (Mistress Albert Atlee Jackson), Clive, Alice Rutherfurd (Mistress William James).