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See also:CHOATE, See also:JOSEPH HODGES (1832- ) , See also:American lawyer and diplomat, was See also:born at See also:Salem, See also:Massachusetts, on the 24th of See also:January 1832. He was the son of Dr See also:George Choate, a physician of considerable See also:note, and was a See also:nephew of See also:Rufus Choate. After graduating at Harvard See also:College in 1852 and at the See also:law school of Harvard University in 1854, he was admitted first to the Massachusetts (1855) and then (1856) to the New See also:York See also:bar, and entered the law See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of Scudder & See also:Carter in New York See also:City. His success in his profession was immediate, and in 186o he became junior partner in the See also:firm of See also:Evarts, Southmayd & Choate, the See also:senior partner in which was See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William M. Evarts. This firm and its successor, that of Evarts, Choate & Beaman, remained for many years among the leading law firms of New York and of the See also:country, the activities of both being See also:national rather than See also:local. During these busy years Mr Choate was associated with many of the most famous litigations in American legal See also:history, including the See also:Tilden, A. T. See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, and See also:Stanford will cases, the See also:Kansas See also:prohibition cases, the See also:Chinese exclusion cases, the See also:Maynard See also:election returns See also:case, and the Income Tax Suit. In 1871 he became a member of the " See also:Committee of Seventy " in New York City, which was instrumental in breaking up the " See also:Tweed See also:Ring," and later assisted in the See also:prosecution of the indicted officials. In the retrial of the See also:General Fitz See also:John See also:Porter case he obtained a reversal of the decision of the See also:original See also:court-See also:martial. His greatest reputation was won perhaps in See also:cross-examination. In politics he allied himself with the Republican party on its organization, being a frequent See also:speaker in presidential See also:campaigns, beginning with that of 1856. He never held See also:political office, although he was a See also:candidate for the Republican senatorial nomination against Senator See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas C. See also:Platt in 1897. In 1894 he was See also:president of the New York See also:state constitutional See also:convention. He was appointed, by President See also:McKinley, See also:ambassador to See also:Great See also:Britain to succeed John See also:Hay in 1899, and remained in this position until the See also:spring of 1905. In See also:England. he won great See also:personal popularity, and accomplished much in fostering the See also:good relations of the two great See also:English-speaking See also:powers. He was one of the representatives of the See also:United States at the second See also:Peace See also:Congress at the See also:Hague in 1907.
Several of his notable public addresses have been published. The Choate See also:Story See also:Book (New York, 1903) contains a few of his addresses and after-See also:dinner speeches, and is prefaced by a brief See also:biographical See also:sketch.
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