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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 02412 8016
Courts and Lawyers of Indiana
LEANDER J. MONKS, LL. D. Editor-in-Chief
LOGAN ESAREY, Ph. D. ERNEST V. SHOCKLEY, Ph. D. Editors
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VOLUME I
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1916 FEDERAL PUBLISHING CO., Inc. Indianapolis
Copyright, 1916,
By
FEDERAL PUBLISHING CO.
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PREFACE
The preparation of a work such as the "Courts and Law- yers of Indiana" has been a task which has involved a large amount of labor. Upon consenting to become the editor-in- chief of this work, I did so with the understanding that I should have the privilege of choosing the best qualified men in the state to assist me. I fully realized the immense amount of investigation, the digging into musty records and compiling of data which was necessary to such an undertaking. When the work was broached in the summer of 1913, there were available two men who had received the Doctor's degree at Indiana University, both having specialized in Indiana his- tory and who, by their training and experience, were espe- cially qualified for the work. Fortunately, it was possible to secure the services of Dr. Logan Esarey and Dr. Ernest V. Shockley, and whatever merit these volumes may contain is due to the indefatigable efforts of these historians. During the progress of the work, over which I have exercised editorial supervision, there have been many suggestions made by law- yers from all parts of the state, some of which, with sugges- tions of my own, have been incorporated in the work.
I feel that the lawyers of the state will find this a valuable and interesting work of reference. I wish to thank those who have so heartily co-operated in the preparation of the "Courts and Lawyers of Indiana."
Leander & Mours
INTRODUCTION
This history of the courts and lawyers of Indiana is in- tended to chronicle the achievements of the members of the bar of the state during a century and to set forth in a concise manner the development of the courts of the state. During this period of one hundred years two state constitutions have been made and a large body of statutory law brought into existence. The lawyers have taken a commendable part in framing the organic law which has made possible the society which has been developed in Indiana. In politics and war they have been leaders; in educational and religious affairs they have been reliable sustainers; in all worthy enterprises they have been aiders and abetters. These facts have mate- rially widened the scope of this work.
The authors have had no inclination to color the story with either praise or blame, but rather to let the records speak for themselves. Such coloring is the material in which novelists largely deal and the writers of this history have had no desire to rival them in their own field. Such writing is very easy as compared with the work of collating the facts from a large mass of public and private documents. A single elusive fact will often lead a trained investigator a merry chase for days at a time through the dusty pages of musty records.
It is a fact that very little work which could be relied upon has been done in this field. In the "Bench and Bar," pub- lished in 1895, Judges Banta and Thornton have written some excellent dissertations on various phases of the court history of the state. In the "Proceedings of the Indiana State Bar Association" are also many excellent articles pertaining to the courts of the state. Otherwise, the authors have had to rely on the official records, contemporary newspapers, memoirs, communications by letter and personal interviews. Among the most valuable of the many volumes which have
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been consulted is the "Early Indiana Trials and Sketches," by O. H. Smith. Of the official records, the Session Laws, Indiana Reports, Legislative Journals, manuscript records of the United States District and Circuit Courts of Indiana, the official records in the state house and in the various county court houses have been freely consulted.
The authors are not so inexperienced as to hope that in this long and difficult investigation mistakes have not been made. They are, however, hopeful that a profession which has de- veloped the very rules of evidence which historians use, will be patient of mistakes made and, instead of condemning the effort here made, will lend a hand in helping to correct the record. Facts have been gleaned where possible from the offi- cial record, but it is a sad commentary on some of the courts of the state that their records are often very illegible.
No attempt has been made to compare the bar of Indiana with those of other states. Such a comparison, if made, would not yield anything of great value. Such continual ref- erence is made in one state to the law and practice in others ; there is such close kinship of all to the parent law of England, and such constant circulation of lawyers among the different states, that no such differentiation has arisen as exists be- tween the bars of England and France, or between those of Germany and America. The common supremacy of the Fed- eral courts and the great law schools also tends to minimize and discourage any tendency to variation that might arise. It may, however, be said that in the old days such lawyers as Smith, Blackford, Dewey, Eggleston, Jernegan and Parke successfully upheld the dignity of the Indiana bar. In these latter days such lawyers as Harrison, Voorhees, Turpie, Gresham and Elliott achieved national reputations.
A word should be said in regard to the sketches of the hundreds of lawyers which have been included in the history. Many of these have been submitted to the lawyers in question, while many more have been written from the best available data at hand. All lawyers have experienced difficulty in get- ting witnesses to testify truthfully from memory. Men now living have been mistaken in reporting the number of terms they had served in Congress or the number of terms and the
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years they had sat upon the bench. Such facts, of course, can be checked up from the official record, but in some in- stances even this is fallible. In many cases the authors have had to accept such evidence as they could get from county newspapers and histories in regard to the admission of law- yers to the bar, the time and place of their admission and such other meager facts as have been indicated.
It has been manifestly impossible to include every worthy lawyer in the state. The limits of these volumes have not permitted the chronicling of the achievements and biograph- ical details of the more than thirty thousand lawyers who have practiced in the state during the past century. A hasty ref- erence to the tables of courts, judges, prosecutors, congress- men, senators, etc., will give an idea of the magnitude of the work done by the courts and lawyers of Indiana. The scores of published volumes of the Supreme and Appellate court deci- sions show the work of these courts. But the records of the Circuit, Common Pleas, Superior, Criminal, Juvenile, Probate, City and Justice of Peace courts have never been printed-and they have handled tens of thousands of cases. It is very evi- dent that it would have been impossible to study thoroughly all these cases or consult all of the thousands of volumes of papers and documents constituting their record. Such a study would be intensely interesting, but would require years of patient work by a professional investigator.
In the biographical section thousands of meritorious law- yers have doubtless been omitted. Many lawyers have devoted their lives to the practice without ever holding any office that would bring their names into public notice. No doubt many of those far excelled in professional skill some of the judges and other officials whose biographies have been in- cluded. This is true in all professions. Merit does not always receive a public recognition or a historical record. The work and lives of such men linger for a time in their immediate neighborhood as a beneficent memory; and then, as it always has been and always will be, even the memory disappears. Such has already happened to hundreds of early lawyers and is happening today to hundreds of others. But they have not for that reason lived in vain ; the profession is better for their
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work; society is better for their lives. Their achievements have been merged in that vast undifferentiated mass which we call civilization. In fact, civilization consists for the most part in the contribution of these unknown workers.
This history is sent forth with the hope that it will give to the people of the state a general view of our courts and the men who have made them what they are today. No other state has ever attempted a work of this character and the authors have been necessarily compelled to blaze their own path. How well they have done it may be seen by the reader who peruses the following pages.
LOGAN ESAREY, PH. D.
ERNEST V. SHOCKLEY, PH. D.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME I.
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CHAPTER I-COURTS OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY A State's Most Enduring Monument-Laws of Moses, Code of Hammurabi, Laws of Draco and Solon, Twelve Tables, Magna Charta-Influence of Rome on Law-Principles of Magna Charta-Conservatism of Courts and Lawyers-Enactment of the Ordinance of 1787-Organization of the County of Illinois in 1778-"Court of Vincennes"-First Systematic Government of Indiana-Ordinance of 1787 Put into Operation-Selection of First Governor and Three Territorial Judges-Maxwell Code -First Courts of Indiana Territory-General or Territorial Court-Character of Territorial Judges-Riding the Circuit- First Court in Present State of Indiana Organized by Governor St. Clair-Knox County Organized in 1780-Slavery in Northwest Territory-Liquor Traffic with the Indians-Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions Courts-Justice of Peace Courts-Harshness of the Laws in Northwest and Indiana Territories-Debt of State to Pioneer Courts and Lawyers.
CHAPTER II-COURTS OF INDIANA TERRITORY, 1800-1816 Admission to the Bar-Reasons for Dividing the Northwest Territory-Indiana Territory Organized in 1800-First Governor and Judges-Census of 1800-French in Indiana-Arrival of Governor Harrison in 1801-Quarter Session and Common Pleas Courts-First Legislative Body in Indiana-General or Supreme Court-Circuit Court-English Statute of Jeofails Adopted- Justice of Peace Courts-Orphans Courts-Coroners Courts- Probate Courts-Chancery Courts-Comparison of Early Indi- ana Lawyers with Those of Other States-Consolidation of Local Courts-Territorial Practice-Pardoning Power of Gov- ernor-Typical Session of Early Courts in Wayne, Warrick and Perry Counties.
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CHAPTER III-THE CIRCUIT COURTS, 1816-1852
Dissatisfaction with Circuit Court in Territorial Days-Reor- ganization of Circuit Court in 1813-Judge Parke on the Cir- cuit Court as Defined by Act of 1813-Conflict of Federal and Territorial Statutes-Act of 1814-Constitutional Convention of 1816-Criticism of Constitution of 1816-First General As- sembly of State-Division of State into Judicial Circuits-Extent of the Three Circuits-State Re-circuited in 1818-Character of the Early Circuit Judges-A Slavery Case-State Re-circuited in 1821-Re-circuiting of 1824, 1830 and 1839-Table of Judi- cial Circuits of Indiana (1813-1852) - President Judges (1816-1852).
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CHAPTER IV-THE CIRCUIT RIDERS
Governors as Circuit Riders : Jennings, Hendricks, Ray, Wallace, Bigger. Whitcomb and Wright-Lieutenant-Governors as Cir- cuit Riders : Thompson, Stapp, Hillis, Hall, Bright, Dunning and Lane-Secretaries of State as Circuit Riders-Members of the General Assembly as Circuit Riders: Lane, Dunu, Graham, Johnston, Stevens, Howk, Smith, Evans, Judah, etc .- Number of Judges (63) under 1816 Constitution-Congressmen as Cir- cuit Riders : Hendricks, Test, Holman, Meek, Blake, Smith, Kin- nard, Hannegan, Voorhees, Graham, Rariden, Dunn, Herod, White, Wick, Howard, Proffit, Thompson, White, Cravens, Ken- nedy, Wallace, Lane, Henley, Wright, Pettit, Sample, McGaughey, Embree, Dunn, Rockhill, Dunham, Julian, Gorman, McDonald, Harlan. Lockhart, Parker, Hendricks and Mace- Character of Indiana Congressman from 1816 to 1852-United States Senators as Circuit Riders, Noble and Taylor-Educa- tion of Early Lawyers-Prestige of the Early Lawyers-Their Value to the State.
CHAPTER V-JURIES, PROSECUTORS, WITNESSES AND COURT LIFE Court Procedure under 1816 Constitution-Petit and Grand Juries-Justice of Peace and Coroners' Juries-Methods of Selecting Jurors-Pay for Jury Service-Discussion of Jury System in Constitutional Convention of 1850-Provision in Present Constitution for Grand Jury-Prosecuting Attorney- Various Acts concerning Prosecutor-List of Prosecuting Attor- neys from 1824 to 1852-Witnesses-Illustrative Cases Showing Character of Witnesses-Attitude of People toward Criminal Trials-Nature of Early Litigation-History Revealed by Old Court Dockets.
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CHAPTER VI-MINOR COURTS AND PRACTICE, 1816-1852 Probate Courts-Establishment of Probate Court in 1818-Work Done by Probate Court-Separation of Circuit and Probate Courts in 1825-Provision for Special Elective Probate Judges in 1829-Officers of the Court-Large Number of Acts Relative to Probate Courts-Criticism of Court in Constitutional Convention of 1850-Abolished in 1852 and Jurisdiction Given to Common Pleas Court-Justice of Peace Courts-Established by Constitu- tion of 1816-Character of Cases Handled by Justices' Courts- Chancery Courts-Law Practice from 1816 to 1852-Oratory Versus Legal Logic-Special Pleading-Dependence of Early Practice on Common Law-Trials of Writs of Ad Quod Dammnum -Trespass Suits-Replevin Suits-Liquor Cases-The Three Great Classes of Trials: Murder, Horse-Stealing and Counter- feiting-Rules of the Circuit Court of Switzerland County in 1823.
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CHAPTER VII-INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF LAWYERS AND LAW PRACTICE
Slander Suit in Rush County-A Goose Suit-A Wife-beater Brought to Trial-Horse Thief Sentenced to Thirty-nine Stripes
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-A Sheep Killing Case-Harrison Murder Case of Logansport in 1838-Fall Creek Indian Murder Trial-Cranmore Murder Trial in Spencer County-Travels of the Lawyers over the State-Personal Relations of the Lawyers-Some Incidents from Life of O. H. Smith-Amusements-Harvey Gregg as a Successful Imitator of Preachers-The Trial of "Brer Possum" -Hiram Brown and the Tar Bucket-Gambling on the Circuit -A Joke on James Rariden-James Whitcomb and His Night- shirt-Whitcomb, the Fiddler-Wick's Sketch of Himself-Wick and Whiskey-Fuller Murder Trial-A Famous Murder Trial of Fayette County-Monroe Murder Trial-Heller Murder Trial -Culbertson Case at Vincennes-A Typical Appeal by a Pioneer Lawyer.
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Members of the Old Supreme Court-Court as Established by the Constitution of 1816-Legislative . Act Organizing the Court- First Meeting at Corydon-Work of the Court-First Case- Some Typical Cases-Sketches of Members: John Johnson, James Scott, Jesse L. Holman, Isaac Blackford, Stephen C. Stevens, John T. Mckinney, Charles Dewey, Jeremiah Sullivan, Thomas L. Smith, Samuel E. Perkins.
CHAPTER IX-DOCKET RECORD OF THE OLD SUPREME COURT, 1816-1846
A Summary of All of the Cases Reviewed by the Supreme Court as Reported by Blackford-Most Cases in Southern Part of State-Few Criminal Cases Appealed and a Large Per Cent. of Those Reversed-Great Difference in Number of Cases Ap- pealed by Lawyers of the State-Blackford Did Not Report All Cases-No Legislative Authority for Reporting of Cases-The Docket in Detail.
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CHAPTER X-THE NEW SUPREME COURT, 1853-1916 245
Old Supreme Court the Pride of the State Efforts by Governors to Inject Politics in the Old Supreme Court-New Supreme Court as Established by the Constitution of 1852-Legislative Act Organizing the Court-Division of State into Districts- Sketches of Members: William Z. Stuart, Andrew Davison, Samuel E. Perkins, Addison L. Roache, Alvin P. Hovey, Samuel B. Gookins, James M. Hanna, James L. Worden, James S. Frazer, Jehu T. Elliott, Charles A. Ray, Robert S. Gregory, John Pettit, Alexander C. Downey, Samuel H. Buskirk, Andrew L. Osborn, Horace P. Biddle, Samuel E. Perkins, William E. Niblack, George V. Howk, John T. Scott, Byron K. Elliott, William A. Woods, William H. Combs, Allen Zollars, Edwin P. Hammond, Joseph A. S. Mitchell, Silas D. Coffey, Walter Olds, John G. Berkshire, Robert F. McBride, John D. Miller, Leonard J. Hackney, James McCabe, Timothy E. Howard, Joseph S. Dailey, James H. Jordan, Leander J. Monks, Alexander Dowl- ing. John V. Hadley, Francis E. Baker, John H. Gillett, Oscar H. Montgomery, Quincy A. Myers, John W. Spencer, Douglas Morris, Charles E. Cox, Richard E. Erwin and Moses B. Lairy
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-Momentous Cases of the Court-Biddle's Unsuccessful Effort ' to be Seated in 1858-Successive Nominating Conventions for Judges-Addition of Clerk and Reporter-Fifth Judge Added in 1872-State Divided into Five Districts in 1872-Criticism of Judges in 1876-Supreme Court Commission Created in 1881 -Robert S. Robertson's Difficulty in Being Recognized as Lieu- tenant-Governor in 1887-Constitutional Questions Before Court in 1889-Slavery and the Supreme Court-Liquor Legislation before the Supreme Court-The Suffrage Question and the Lawyers' Amendment-Attitude of Supreme Court toward Con- stitutional Amendments of 1911-Other Questions Reviewed by the Court-Supreme Court Commission Created in 1881-Mem- bers of the Commission-Nature of Their Work-Effort to Create Another Commission in 1889 Declared Unconstitutional by Supreme Court-Sketches of Members of Commission : George A. Bicknell, John A. Morris, William M. Franklin, Horatio C. Newcomb, James I. Best, Walpole G. Colerick and James B. Black-Supreme Court Reporter-Provision for in Constitution of 1852-List of Reporters, Years of Service' and Volumes Issued-Digests, Citations and Tables of Cases of Supreme Court.
CHAPTER XI-MINOR COURTS, 1852-1916
Circuit Courts: Provided for by Constitution-Jurisdiction- Procedure-State Divided into Ten Circuits in 1852-Definition of a County Court-Sixty-seven Circuits Now in the State- Complete List of All Circuit Changes from 1852 to 1915, Show- ing Number of Circuit, Date of Creation or Reorganization, and Counties Composing Each Circuit-Alphabetical List of all Judges from 1852 to 1916-Common Pleas Courts: Established in 1852-Jurisdiction-Procedure-Reasons for Abolishment in 1873-Complete List of Common Pleas Districts, Together with the Judges of Each District-Court of Conciliation : Provided for in Constitution of 1852-Historical Precedent for Such Courts-Organized by Legislature in 1852-Jurisdiction-Nature of Work Done by the Court-Abolished in 1865-Criminal Courts : Created by the Legislature in 1865-Reasons for Estab- lishment of Court-Jurisdiction-List of Criminal Courts Estab- lished, with Number of Circuit, Date of Creation and Abolish- ment-Alphabetical List of All Criminal Judges of the State, with Their Circuit and Date of Tenure-Superior Courts: Created by Legislature in 1871-Jurisdiction-Table Showing All Superior Courts now in Existence, with Dates of Establish- ment-List of All Superior Courts Which Have Been Abolished -Alphabetical List of All Superior Judges, with Circuit and Dates of Tenure-Court of Claims: Provided for by Constitution of 1852-Established by Legislature in 1889-Marion County Superior Designated as the Court of Claims-Jurisdiction- Nature of Work Done by Court-Relation of Legislature to the Court-Amendment of 1895-Why the Court Has Not Been Used -Juvenile Courts: Established by Legislature in 1903-Juris- diction-Provision for Handling Juvenile Cases in Other Coun- ties than Marion-Probate Courts: Probate Matters from 1852
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to 1873 under Jurisdiction of Common Pleas Court-From 1873 to 1907, Probate Matters Were in Hands of Circuit Courts- Probate Court Established by Act of 1907 in Marion County- Justice of Peace Courts: Provided for by Constitution of 1852-Number of Justices-Fees of Office-Procedure-Juris- diction-Juries : Little Change in Jury System during the Past Century-Pay of Jurors-How Drawn-Sheriff and Clerk of the Court-City Courts: Five Classes of Cities-Police or City Judges in all Cities of First Four Classes-Mayor Acts as Judge in Cities of Fifth Class-Table Showing All Cities of the State, with Judges and Mayors.
CHAPTER XII-APPELLATE COURT
Creation of Appellate Court by Legislature in 1891-Reasons for Establishing the Court-Original Scope of the Court-Act of 1893 Gave the Court Exclusive Jurisdiction over Ten Differ- ent Actions-Transference of Cases from Appellate to Supreme Court-Opinion of the State Bar Association of Appellate Court -Sixth Member Added to Court in 1901-State Divided into Five Districts in 1891 and into Two Districts in 1901-Sketches of Members of the Court: James B. Black, Jeptha D. New. Milton S. Robinson, George L. Reinhard, Edgar D. Crumpacker, Willard New, Henry C. Fox, Frank E. Gavin, Theodore P. Davis, Orlando J. Lotz, George E. Ross, Woodfin D. Robinson, William J. Henley, Daniel W. Comstock, Ulric Z. Wiley, Frank S. Roby, David A. Myers, Cassius C. Hadley, Joseph M. Rabb, Ward H. Watson, Milton B. Hottel, Edward W. Felt, Andrew A. Adams, Moses B. Lairy, Joseph G. Ibach, Joseph H. Shea, Frederick S. Caldwell, Frank M. Powers, James J. Moran and John C. McNutt-Appellate Court Reporters.
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VOLUME II.
CHAPTER XIII-ATTORNEY-GENERALS
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Office Created by Legislature of Northwest Territory in 1799- Indiana Territory Adopted Provision of Northwest Territory- Four Attorney-Generals from 1800 to 1816: John Rice Jones, Benjamin Parke, Thomas Randolph and Elijah Sparks-Consti- tution of 1816 Made No Provision for Office-Legislature of 1821-22 Created the Office-Abolished in 1825-Prosecutor of Fifth Judicial Circuit Delegated With Powers of an Attorney- General in 1526-Constitution of 1851 Made No Provision for Office-Legislature Created Office in 1855-James Morrison, First Attorney-General-Various Acts Concerning the Office- Where Reports of Attorney-General May be Found-Salary- Sketches of the Twenty-two Attorney-Generals: James Morri- son. Joseph E. McDonald, James G. Jones, John P. Usher, John F. Kibbey, Oscar B. Hord. Delana E. Williamson. Bayless W. Hanna, James C. Denny, Clarence A. Buskirk. Thomas W. Woollen, Daniel P. Baldwin. Francis T. Hord. Louis T. Mich- ener. Alonzo G. Smith. William A. Ketcham. William L. Taylor, Charles W. Miller. James Bingham, Thomas M. Honan, Richard M. Milburn and Evan B. Stotsenburg-General Counsel to the Public Service Commission and Counsel to the Governor.
CHAPTER XIV-FEDERAL COURTS OF INDIANA
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Territorial Supreme Court-Sketches of Territorial Judges : William Clarke, Thomas T. Davis, Benjamin Parke. Henry Van- derburgh and John Griffin-Attorney-Generals Attached to Fed- eral Court from 1501 to 1817 : John Rice Jones. Benjamin Uarke, Thomas Randolph, Elijah Sparks and William Hendricks- Federal Court Established in 1817-Some Typical Cases of the Federal Court in Indiana-Character of Federal Juries-Cost of Litigation-Federal Judges of District Court: Benjamin Parke. Jesse L. Holman. Elisha M. Huntington, Caleb B. Smith, Albert S. White. David McDonald, Walter Q. Gresham, William A. Woods. John H. Baker and Albert B. Anderson-United States District Attorneys: List of. with Tenure. Politics and Other Official Positions-United States Commissioners. Appoint- ment and Duties. List of, with Location and Dates of Appoint- ment-Referees in Bankruptcy: Office Created in 199S. Dis- tricts of, and Referees Now Serving-United States Circuit Court: Established in 1869. Judges of the Court. Abolished in 1911-Jurisdictional Code of 1911-Various Changes in United
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States Supreme Court-United States Circuit Court of Claims : Created in 1891, Composition of, Indiana in Seventh Circuit, Judges of the Court-United States Court of Claims: Created in 1855, Jurisdiction, Judges of the Court.
CHAPTER XV-THE NEW BAR, 1852-1916
Lawyers in Public Affairs-Fourteen of Seventeen Governors since 1852 as Lawyers-Sketches of Lawyer Governors: A. P. Willard, A. A. Hammond, Henry S. Lane, Oliver P. Morton, Conrad Baker, Thomas A. Hendricks, Isaac P. Gray, Albert G. Porter, Alvin P. Hovey, J. Frank Hanly, Thomas R. Marshall and Samuel R. Ralston-Lieutenant-Governors as Lawyers : Five Who Were Lawyers Became Governors ( Willard, Ham- mond, Morton, Baker and Gray), Will Cumback, Robert S. Robertson, Newton W. Gilbert, Frank J. Hall and William P. O'Neill-Sixteen of Eighteen United States Senators since 1852 as Lawyers-Sketches of Lawyer Senators: Biographies of Six Previously Given (John Pettit, Henry S. Lane, Thomas A. Hendricks, Benjamin Harrison, Joseph E. McDonald and Oliver P. Morton), Daniel D. Pratt, Daniel W. Voorhees, Charles W. Fairbanks, James A. Hemenway, Albert J. Beveridge and John W. Kern-Congressmen as Lawyers: Cyrus L. Dunham, James H. Lane, Samuel W. Parker, Thomas A. Hendricks, Daniel Mace, E. M. Chamberlain, William H. English, Norman Eddy, George G. Dunn, Lucien Barbour, Will Cumback, Schuyler Colfax, John U. Pettit, James Lockhart, James Hughes, David Kilgore, James Wilson, William E. Niblack, James M. Gregg, John R. Porter, William M. Dunn, William S. Holman, John Law, Daniel W. Voorhees, George W. Julian, William Mitchell, John P. C. Shank, Ebenezer Dumont, Godlove S. Orth, Joseph K. Edgerton, James F. McDowell, Michael C. Kerr, Ralph Hill, John H. Farquhar, Henry D. Washburn, Thomas N. Stillwell, Morton C. Hunter, John Coburn, William Williams, Daniel D. Pratt, James N. Tyner, Jasper Packard, Jeremiah M. Wilson, Simon K. Wolfe, Thomas J. Cason, Henry B. Sayler, Jeptha D. New, Milton S. Robinson, Andrew H. Hamilton, John H. Baker, Thomas R. Cobb, George A. Bicknell, Leonidas Sexton, Thomas M. Browne, John Hanna, Michael D. White, William H. Calkins, Calvin Cowgill, Walpole G. Colerick, Courtland C. Matson, Strother M. Stockslager, Stanton J. Peelle, Mark L. DeMotte, John E. Lamb, Thomas B. Ward, Thomas J. Wood, Robert Lowry, Jonas G. Howard, William D. Bynum, George Ford, James T. Johnson, Alvin P. Hovey, John H. O'Neall, Joseph B. Cheadle, William F. Parrett, Jason B. Brown, George W. Cooper, Elijah V. Brookshire, Augustus N. Martin, Charles A. O. McClellan, John L. Bretz, Henry U. Johnson, Dan Waugh, Arthur H. Taylor, William F. McNagny, George W. Steele, James A. Hemenway, Robert J. Tracewell, James E. Watson, Jesse Overstreet, Charles L. Henry, George W. Faris, J. Frank Hanly, Lemuel W. Royse, Robert W. Miers, Francis M. Griffith, Edgar D. Crumpacker, James M. Robinson, George W. Cromer, Abraham L. Brick, Elias S. Holliday, Frederick Landis, John C. Chaney, Newton W. Gilbert, John H. Foster, William T.
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