Editing Pulitzer Prize for Biography (section)

=== 1910s-1940s ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography winners, 1917-1949<ref name="Pulitzer-list" />
!Year
!Author
!Title
!Ref.
|-
![[1917 in literature|1917]]
|{{sortname|last=Richards|first=Laura E.}} and [[Maud Howe Elliott]], assisted by [[Florence Howe Hall]]
|''[[Julia Ward Howe]]''
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|-
![[1918 in literature|1918]]
|{{sortname|last=Bruce|first=William Cabell}}
|''[[Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed]]''
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|-
![[1919 in literature|1919]]
|{{sortname|last=Adams|first=Henry}}
|{{Sort|Education of Henry Adams|''[[The Education of Henry Adams]]''}}
|
|-
![[1920 in literature|1920]]
|{{sortname|last=Beveridge|first=Albert J.}}
|{{Sort|Life of John Marshall|''The Life of [[John Marshall]]''}}, 4 vols.
|
|-
![[1921 in literature|1921]]
|{{sortname|last=Bok|first=Edward}}
|{{Sort|Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After|''The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After''}}
|
|-
![[1922 in literature|1922]]
|{{sortname|last=Garland|first=Hamlin}}
|{{Sort|Daughter of the Middle Border|''A Daughter of the Middle Border''}}
|
|-
![[1923 in literature|1923]]
|{{sortname|last=Hendrick|first=Burton J.}}
|{{Sort|Life and Letters of Walter H. Page|''The Life and Letters of [[Walter Hines Page|Walter H. Page]]''}}
|
|-
![[1924 in literature|1924]]
|{{sortname|last=Pupin|first=Michael I.}}
|''[[From Immigrant to Inventor]]''
|
|-
![[1925 in literature|1925]]
|{{sortname|last=De Wolfe Howe|first=M. A.|link=Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe (writer)}}
|''[[Barrett Wendell]] and His Letters''
|
|-
![[1926 in literature|1926]]
|{{sortname|last=Cushing|first=Harvey}}
|{{Sort|Life of Sir William Osler|''The Life of Sir [[William Osler]]''}}, 2 vols.
|
|-
![[1927 in literature|1927]]
|{{sortname|last=Holloway|first=Emory}}
|''[[Walt Whitman|Whitman]]''
|
|-
![[1928 in literature|1928]]
|{{sortname|last=Russell|first=Charles Edward}}
|{{Sort|American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas|''The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas''}}
|
|-
![[1929 in literature|1929]]
|{{sortname|last=Hendrick|first=Burton J.}}
|{{Sort|Training of an American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page|''The Training of an American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page''}}
|
|-
![[1930 in literature|1930]]
|{{sortname|last=James|first=Marquis}}
|{{Sort|Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston|''The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston''}}
|
|-
![[1931 in literature|1931]]
|{{sortname|last=James|first=Henry|link=Henry James (biographer)}}
|''Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University, 1869–1901''
|
|-
![[1932 in literature|1932]]
|{{sortname|last=Pringle|first=Henry F.}}
|''Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography''
|
|-
![[1933 in literature|1933]]
|{{sortname|last=Nevins|first=Allan}}
|''Grover Cleveland: A Study in Courage''
|
|-
![[1934 in literature|1934]]
|{{sortname|last=Dennett|first=Tyler}}
|''John Hay''
|
|-
![[1935 in literature|1935]]
|{{sortname|last=Freeman|first=Douglas S.}}
|''R. E. Lee''
|
|-
![[1936 in literature|1936]]
|{{sortname|last=Perry|first=Ralph Barton}}
|{{Sort|Thought and Character of William James|''The Thought and Character of William James''}}
|
|-
![[1937 in literature|1937]]
|{{sortname|last=Nevins|first=Allan}}
|''Hamilton Fish''
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[1938 in literature|1938]]
|{{sortname|last=James|first=Marquis}}
|''Andrew Jackson'', 2 vols.
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Shepard|first=Odell}}
|''Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott''
|
|-
![[1939 in literature|1939]]
|{{sortname|last=Doren|first=Carl Van}}
|''[[Benjamin Franklin (book)|Benjamin Franklin]]''
|
|-
![[1940 in literature|1940]]
|{{sortname|last=Baker|first=Ray Stannard}}
|''Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letters. Vols. VII and VIII''
|
|-
![[1941 in literature|1941]]
|{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Ola Elizabeth}}
|''Jonathan Edwards, 1703–1758: a biography''
|
|-
![[1942 in literature|1942]]
|{{sortname|last=Wilson|first=Forrest}}
|''Crusader in Crinoline: The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe''
|
|-
![[1943 in literature|1943]]
|{{sortname|last=Morison|first=Samuel Eliot}}
|''Admiral of the Ocean Sea''
|
|-
![[1944 in literature|1944]]
|{{sortname|last=Mabee|first=Carleton}}
|''The American Leonardo: The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse''
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-13 |title=Obituary Note: Carleton Mabee |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2420 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206033622/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2420 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref>
|-
![[1945 in literature|1945]]
|{{sortname|last=Nye|first=Russel Blaine}}
|''George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel''
|
|-
![[1946 in literature|1946]]
|{{sortname|last=Marsh Wolfe|first=Linnie}}
|''Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir''
|
|-
![[1947 in literature|1947]]
|{{sortname|last=White|first=William Allen}}
|''The Autobiography of William Allen White''
|
|-
![[1948 in literature|1948]]
|{{sortname|last=Clapp|first=Margaret}}
|''Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow''
|
|-
![[1949 in literature|1949]]
|{{sortname|last=Sherwood|first=Robert E.}}
|''Roosevelt and Hopkins''
|
|}