William M. “Boss” Tweed
1823-1878 William M. “Boss” Tweed was a spectacularly corrupt public official who played an outsized role in the politics of Gilded Age New York … More William M. “Boss” Tweed »
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District Attorneys, 1870-1893
Riley Champlin › 04/26/1870 Cortland Lewis Bouton › 11/08/1870 Cortland James H. Brownell › 11/08/1870 Hamilton James H. Brownell › 11/08/1870 Hamilton Tristam Coffin › 11/08/1870 Dutchess Arod K. Dudley › 11/08/1870 Essex Eugene B. Gere › 11/08/1870 Tioga Merritt King › 11/08/1870 Tompkins Albert M. Mills › 11/08/1870 Herkimer William … More District Attorneys, 1870-1893 »
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 »
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 »