- Appointed U. S. District Judge

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Opin-

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MATTHEW HALE CARPENTER....

Black's opinion of Carpenter

Studies law under Rufus Choate

in Quo Warranto case in Wisconsin

Appointed to West Point

Admitted to the Bar

Settles in Milwaukee

Union cause Judge Advocate General of Wisconsin

in celebrated McCardle case Elected to U. S. Senate

advocate before U. S. Supreme Court Industry

Ancestry

of his mother

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Espouses

Counsel for U. S.

Prominent as

Wit Public offices

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Poverty

Taken by his Uncle Defect of vision and speech —

Graduated at Dartmouth Goes to Washington

Studies law under William Wirt - Admitted to the Bar Begins practice

in Cincinnati Espouses the cause of Fugitive Slaves

Tries many

such cases

Elected Governor of Ohio Succeeds to the United States

Senate Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury - Appointed Chief Justice

of Supreme Court of United States Presided in great Impeachment.

Trial of Andrew Johnson - Presidential aspirations Literary produc-

tions Death.

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RUFUS CHOATE.

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Birth Educated at Dartmouth Elected

Omnivorous reader

Resigns and settles in Boston

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Advice to young Law Students - Belief in discipline and study

Wonderful vocabulary - Carpenter's opin-

Death.

Type of the American boy

- Why called

"Mill Boy of the Slashes" Enters store in Richmond Amanuensis

to Chancellor Wythe Reads law under Attorney General of Virginia

Admitted to the practice Settles in Lexington, and commences

practice Methods of study Physical attributes Description of him

when seventy years old Forte as a lawyer - Beginning of his brilliant

Rule of his professional life Elected to U. S. Senate

Duels Public life Farewell address to the Senate

Ancestry Parents removed to New York

in a village store Death of his father

Clerk and teacher in Blind Asylum

Buffalo His struggles - Studies law

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Clerk

Left dependent upon himself

Starts westward and stops in

Admitted to the Bar Indus-

try Assistant District Attorney Defeated for County Supervisor

Defeated for District Attorney Elected Sheriff Resumes the practice

Elected Mayor of Buffalo Clean Administration

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Birth and education Admitted to the Bar Removes to Texas -

Begins the practice His success in the profession - Enters Confederate

Army, and remains until the close of the war Appointed District Judge

-Perils attending that office - Elected Associate Justice Removed

under Reconstruction Acts Elected Governor Trouble in taking his

seat His characteristic message Elected to the U. S. Senate His

career in Congress Personal appearance and characteristics.

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ROSCOE CONKLING...

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Early education Ability recognized by

schoolmates Becomes a law student in Utica Debut as a campaign

speaker Appointed District Attorney by Hamilton Fish Returns to

the practice of the profession Forms partnership with Hon. Thomas L.

Walker Appears in suit against his old law tutor - His preparation

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of cases His cases Partnerships Public career Great patent

lawyer

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Successively declines appointments to the Supreme Bench and

Minister to Great Britain Resigns from U. S. Senate Resumes prac-

tice of law in New York City Wonderful success Death

of the man Life and Letters by his nephew, Alfred R. Conkling.

LIFE BY HENRY WADe rogers, LL. D., PRESIDENT NORTHWESTERN UNI-

VERSITY, LATE DEAN LAW FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

Birth Parentage Poverty Teaches school Studies law

Moves to Michigan - Deputy County Clerk - Admitted to the Bar

Marriage Struggles -- Wandering disposition Settles in Tecum-

seh Forms law partnership

Practices law and

edits a newspaper

Elected Court Commissioner and Recorder Moves

to Ohio Embarks in real estate business Defeated for Circuit Judge

Returns to Adrian Description of him at this time Writes poetry

Appointed Professor of law in State University Professor for

Career as a law lecturer Declines many in-

vitations to take charge of law departments in colleges - Harvard confers

degree of LL. D. — Elected Associate Justice State Supreme Court —

Becomes Chief Justice Opinions Mentioned for U. S. Supreme Court

His great works Miscellaneous writings Authority on Railroad

Receiver of the Wabash System Now Chairman Interstate Com-

merce Commission.

A famous boy Foremost lawyer of the Southern States Birth

Father killed by accident Carefully educated Admitted to the

Begins practice Removes to Capital of the State Rises to

eminence in his profession rapidly Enters political career as Speaker of

the House of Kentucky - Almost immediately sent to U. S. Senate to fill

vacancy Resumes practice at Frankfort Elected to Legislature for

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several terms

States

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Returned to U. S. Senate Atto.ney General United

Resigns Succeeds to the Senate vice Henry Clay, retired --

Re-elected - Resigns to accept Governorship-of his State-Again appointed

Attorney General United States Again elected to U. S. Senate

Elected to Lower House of Congress - Most distinguished member of the

body Rejected by the Senate for Associate Justice of the Supreme

Court of the United States

Death.

Closing in the Matt Ward case

THOMAS THEODORE CRITTENDEN..

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father Enters the

Admitted to the Bar

Union Army — Re-

Elected Governor of

Success at the

LIFE BY F. C. FARR, MEMBER OF THE KANSAS CITY BAR.

Family Birth Education Death of his

office of his uncle John J. Crittenden to study law

Marriage Moves to Missouri - Enters the

Enters Congress

Missouri Settles in Kansas City and resumes practice

Bar Some of his cases Personal nature.

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LIFE BY JUDGE JOHN MOSES, SECRETARY CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.

Birth Family remove to Illinois

Admitted to the Bar - Commences the practice - Elected City Attorney

of Springfield Warm friend of Abraham Lincoln

Education Enters Union Army Studies

Admitted to the Bar - Assistant Corporation Attorney, City of

Elected Judge of Marine Court

New York

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Serves full term Resumes the practice Declines further political

honors His extensive practice

Some of his important cases Curtis

The great Buford-Elliott case Does extensive

Other cases His oratory.

BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS....

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Ancestry Born 1809 Parentage Education Preparation

Admitted and begins the practice — Profound from the be-

His political career

Appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in

1857 Serves six years and resigns Begins the practice in New York

City

One of the attorneys for the defense of Andrew Johnson in the

great Impeachment trial -- Other of his great cases - The later years of

his practice

Justice Miller's opinion of him His death.

Early education Graduated by Kenyon College His

opposition to slavery Employed as a tutor - Attends University of

Admitted to the Bar Begins practice in Alexandria -

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First great case
Moves to Baltimore Takes rank as a great lawyer
His brilliant oratory Stumps for General Winfield Scott Begins
remarkable political career Elected to Congress Votes for Republican
for Speaker and receives censure of the Legislature of his State His
reply Supports Bell and Everett ticket - Offered Vice-Presidency on
Lincoln ticket Announces himself unconditional Union candidate for
Congress Defeated Afterward returned to Congress - Dies before
expiration of term Blaine's estimate of Davis.

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Casts his first

Commences

the practice First political preferment - Elected to State Legislature
How regarded there Elected Secretary of State Declines
appointment of Minister to Japan - Becomes Attorney for New York and
Harlem Railroad Co. - Made General Counsel for vast network of Vander-
bilt Systems - Made a Director in Companies Defeated for Lieutenant
Governor on Greeley Ticket Withdraws from race for U. S. Senate,
though almost elected - Declines the position of U. S. Senator afterward
Elected Vice-President N. Y. Central Railroad Succeeds to its

Presidency

Character

Depew as an Orator

Member of many

Marriage His present life His wife.

Societies

Birth

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JOHN FORREST DILLON

Parentage Family move to Iowa

knowledge Selection of a Profession

the practice

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Youthful Love of
Studies law Admitted to
Forms partnership Elected State Prosecuting Attorney
Elected District Judge - Promoted to Supreme Bench of State
Becomes Chief Justice Re-elected Appointed U. S. Circuit Judge -
Extent of his Geographical Jurisdiction -- Resigns Judgeship - Accepts
Chair of Real Estate and Equity Jurisprudence in Columbia College New
York Reasons for resigning the Judgeship - General Counsel U. P.
R. R. Co. Resolutions of regret on his leaving the Bench Resigns
Chair of Law in Columbia College His great work on Municipal Cor-
porations Opinions of this legal treatise Character of his literary
efforts Elected member of l' Institut de Droit International, of France
Judge Dillon as a Lecturer Marriage Family.

Leaves his home and

Known as the "Boy Lock-Tender" Nar-
Saves a little child from drowning Studies
Teaches school Begins the study of law -
Crosses the Plains and settles in Portland, Oregon
His success in the practice of

Cronin Electoral College case

Characteristics.

DANIEL DOUGHERTY.

Birth and parentage

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Education

out of Civil War

Horatio Seymour to a joint discussion

Hall, Boston

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Becomes a lawyer Oratory

an inherent faculty His first case Mr. Dougherty as a lecturer

First po itical speech Readiness in the forum Position at breaking

Always an unqualified Union man - Challenges

His great speech in Faneuil

Labors in Tilden-Hayes' campaign - Nominates

General Hancock in National Convention Defends "boodle" Alderman

Cleary in New York City Nominates Grover Cleveland for the Presidency

-- His speech on that occasion Addresses first Catholic Congress in the

United States No charms in political life for him His style of oratory

and personal characteristics.

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Birth and education Reads law Admitted to the Bar Settles

in Burlington, Vermont Rises rapidly in his profession - Enters pub-

lic life

Long and eminent service Chairman of the Judiciary Com-

mittee of the Senate Personal characteristics Authority on Constitu-

Resigns his seat in the Senate.

Graduated at Yale at a youthful

Studies law Admitted to the Bar Never at a loss for cases

from the commencement His great industry

Reads some law every

day Assistant U. S. Attorney for New York His celebrated

The Lemmon slave case Counsel in a number of very impor-

tant cases on behalf of the Government Defends President Johnson

Principal figure in Tilton-Beecher trial Canidate for U. S. Senate

against Horace Greeley; neither obtained it Sent on a special mission to

England by President Lincoln - Attorney General under President John-

Counsel for President Hayes before Electoral Commission Secre-

tary of State under Hayes

A pen picture -- Closing in

Receives a classical education Begins the study of law-

Commences the practice at Bridgeton, Maine Removes to Portland and

Delegate to National Conven-

Declines a re-nomination and resumes the

practice of the law Elected to the U. S. Senate His public career

Secretary of the Treasury Vote on the Impeachment of Andrew

Johnson Character

Reads law Removes to New

Becomes master of the practice Extreme technical char-

acter of the system of the laws impress him with a desire to improve them

Loses his wife - Travels abroad Studies the foreign methods of the

Laws and the Courts Returns to the United States and resumes the

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