Benjamin K. Phelps
1832-1880 Benjamin K. Phelps, the son of a prominent Congregational minister, was born in Massachusetts in 1832. He graduated from Yale College in 1853 … More Benjamin K. Phelps »
Era Category: Lawyers of the Gilded Age
Joseph H. Choate
1832-1917 Joseph H. Choate, one of the most prominent lawyers of his generation, was born in 1832 in Salem, Massachusetts. The son of a … More Joseph H. Choate »
Francis L. Stetson
1846-1920 Francis L. Stetson was born in 1846 in Keeseville, New York, in Clinton County, near the Canadian border. His father, Lemuel Stetson, was … More Francis L. Stetson »
Francis N. Bangs
1828-1885 Francis N. Bangs, who founded the Wall Street law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell, was born in 1821 in New York City, … More Francis N. Bangs »
Frederic R. Coudert, Sr.
1832-1903 Frederic R. Coudert Sr. was born in New York City in 1832. His father, Charles, an officer and intimate of Napolean Bonaparte, fled … More Frederic R. Coudert, Sr. »
Stephen P. Nash
1821-1898 Stephen P. Nash was born in Albany, New York, in 1821. He attended the French College in Chambly, Quebec, studied law under Esek … More Stephen P. Nash »
William A. Wheeler
1819-1887 William A. Wheeler, the 19th Vice President of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes, was born in 1819 in Malone, New … More William A. Wheeler »
Elbridge T. Gerry
1837-1927 Elbridge T. Gerry was born in New York City in 1837 to a wealthy aristocratic family. Named for his grandfather, Elbridge Gerry, the … More Elbridge T. Gerry »
Samuel J. Tilden
1814-1886 Early Life and Education Samuel J. Tilden was born in 1814 in New Lebanon, Columbia County. His father, a moderately prosperous farmer and … More Samuel J. Tilden »
Katherine “Kate” Stoneman
1841-1925 Early Life Katherine “Kate” Stoneman was born in 1841 in Busti, a rural community in western New York’s Chautauqua County. Stoneman’s father was … More Katherine “Kate” Stoneman »