Ward Hunt
1810-1886 Associate Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, 1865-1867 / Chief Judge, 1868-1869 by Laury A. Betha Along with Judges Benjamin … More Ward Hunt »
Era Category: Industrial Revolution & Gilded Age
William F. Howe
1828-1902 William F. Howe was the most notorious criminal lawyer of the Gilded Age. From the early 1860s through the opening of the new … More William F. Howe »
Abraham H. Hummel
1849-1926 Abraham Hummel was the junior partner of Howe and Hummel, the most notorious law firm of the Gilded Age. Little is known of … More Abraham H. Hummel »
Allan McLane Hamilton
1848-1919 Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, MD, LLD, FRS,[1] the grandson of founding father Alexander Hamilton, was one of the leading “alienists” or psychiatrists of … More Allan McLane Hamilton »
Francis L. Wellman
1854-1942 Francis L. Wellman, born in Massachusetts in 1854, graduated from Harvard College in 1876, and Harvard Law School in 1878, where was valedictorian … More Francis L. Wellman »
De Lancey Nicoll
1854-1931 De Lancey Nicoll graduated from Princeton University in 1874 and Columbia Law School in 1876. In 1885 he was appointed an Assistant District … More De Lancey Nicoll »
Frederick Smyth
1832-1900 Frederick Smyth was born in Ireland in 1832, the son of a Galway City Sherriff. He emigrated to New York City in 1849 … More Frederick Smyth »
William A. Beach
1809-1884 William A. Beach was born in 1809, in Saratoga County, New York, the son of a wealthy merchant. After attending military school in … More William A. Beach »
John R. Dos Passos
1844-1917 John Randolph Dos Passos was born in Philadelphia in 1844, the son of an immigrant from the Portuguese island of Madeira. He grew … More John R. Dos Passos »
John R. Fellows
1832-1896 John R. Fellows was born in Troy, New York, in 1832, the son of farmers in Saratoga County. In 1850, he moved to … More John R. Fellows »