CUMMINS, ALBERT BAIRD American politician, was born at Carmichaels, Pa., on Feb. 15, 185o. He was educated at Waynesburg (Pa.) college, studied surveying, and was at first engaged in railway work. He then took up law, was admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1875, and for three years practised in Chicago. In 1878 he went to Des Moines, where he attained great distinction in his profession, and ten years later was a member of the Iowa house of representatives. He was chairman of the Republican State Committee (1892-96), candi date for the U.S. Senate ii. 1894 and 1900, member of the Re publican National Committee (1896-1900) and a delegate to the Republican National Convention on four occasions. He was elected governor of Iowa in 1902 and re-elected for two suc ceeding terms. In 1908 he was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the unexpired term of Senator Allison, and was re-elected three times, serving continuously for 18 years until his death, which occurred at Des Moines, on July 3o, 1926. He opposed the nom ination of Taft in 1912, but did not leave his party. He was specially identified with measures concerning trusts and railways, and took a leading part in drafting the Esch-Cummins Act, under which the Government in 1920 returned to private control the railways of the United States. When Vice President Calvin Coolidge succeeded to the presidency in 1923 Cummins served as president of the Senate until the succeeding vice president, C. G. Dawes, assumed office in 1924.