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S. DAVIS PAGE.
law in the office of HIon. Peter McCall, and in 1860 entered Harvard Law School, but did not graduate. He was admitted to the Bar December, 1864, and at once commenced practice. In 1877 he was elected to Common Council, as a Demo- crat, from the Fifth Ward and served until 1881. Hle was a candidate for City Treasurer in 1879 and 1882, and in the latter year was again elected to Common Council, but resigned to accept the City Controllership by appointment of Gover- nor Pattison. He served in this position
until January, 1884, being defeated as the Democratic candidate at the regular elec- tion. In 1886 President Cleveland ap- pointed him Assistant United States Treasurer at Philadelphia and he served four years, two of which was under the Harrison administration. He served on the Commission appointed by Governor Pattison to investigate the City Treasury and its business relations with the Key- stone Bank. He was president of the Quaker City National Bank until 1892, and after his retirement he was in 1803 a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Bank- ers' convention held in Chicago during the World's Fair, and delivered an ad- dress on the "Resources, Finances and Banking Laws of Pennsylvania." Mr. Page comes from an illustrious ancestry. Ilis maternal forebears included Roger Williams and Caleb Carr, Governors of Rhode Island, and John Green, Jr., who was a Lieutenant Governor of the same State, while the paternal side was de- scended from such eminent men as Wil- liam Nelson and Robert Carter, Gover- nors of Virginia, and Edward Shippen, at one time Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.
ITe is a director in the Quaker City National Bank, the Merchants-Union Trust Co., and the Kenmore Pulp and Pa- per Co. He is a vestryman in St. Peter's Church, Third and Pine streets, a mem- ber of the Society of Colonial Wars, the Colonial Society, Sons of the Revolution, Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Gover- nors, the Historical Societies of Pennsyl- vania and Virginia, American Bar Asso- ciation, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Law Association of Philadelphia, the Rit- tenhouse, University, Lawyers, Demo- cratic and Harvard clubs, the Reform Committees of Seventy and of One Hundred, the Yale Ahmmi Association of Pennsylvania and the Delta Kappa Ep- silon and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities.
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MAJOR GENERAL WENDELL PHILLIPS BOW- MAN.
Major General Wendell Phillips Bow- man, N. G. P., retired, a distinguished soldier of Pennsylvania and one of the leading practitioners of the Philadelphia Bar, is the second son of Henry and Grace Bowman.
Ilis paternal ancestors were English and his maternal ancestors were French. History records distinguished men of af- fairs in civil and military life, and ac- complished women, in both lines, whose lives were devoted to the uplifting of mankind and to the advancement of civ- ilization.
His father was a life-long temperance advocate and was also aggressive and ac- tive in the cause of human liberty, being one of the early abolitionists in this coun- try. Wendell Phillips was his personal friend and collaborator, after whom he named his second son.
Major General Bowman has had an active, eventful, honorable, successful career, from early boyhood, in the mili- tary service of his State and Country, likewise in the legal profession and in the performance of civic duties. He is in the active practice of law and is also ac- tively identified with financial and other institutions in his native city of Phila- delphia. He has never sought public of- fice, but has always taken an active hand in every movement in civic affairs for the public good. He is a member of many military orders and associations. He has served as Judge Advocate General of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Pennsylvania, and has occupied many other positions of honor and responsi- bility in both military and civil bodies. As an executive officer he has an enviable record.
The Bowman Estate, in Merion, on the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, has been in the continuous possession of the Bowman family since the early Co- lonial days, and is one of the oldest titles in Montgomery County. The General's residence thereon is known as "Elm Hall" and is one of the most attractive old places in this section of the country.
Ilis wife, Lizzie W. M. Bowman, is
the accomplished daughter of the late Reverend Thomas Shields and Margaret N. VanDyke Malcolm. Her father was a man of rare scholarly attainments and noted for the same originality of thought that distinguished his father, the Rever- end Howard Malcolm, D. D., LL. D., who was a distinguished divine and author and President of Georgetown College, Ken-
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tucky, from 1839 to 1849 and of the Uni- versity of Lewisburg from 1851 to 1858. ller mother was Miss VanDyke, of Princeton, New Jersey, whose uncle, Dr. James Carnahan, was President of Princeton College for forty years, and who is also admired and noted for her ar- tistic accomplishments and literary at- tainments, being in the full use of hier niental and physical powers and a hard student in Biblical and Theological lore at the age of 89 years, with every prospect of many years to spare in active work, a rare record worthy of emulation and a place in history.
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HORACE PETTIT ..
A recognized authority on corporation law and for three years a lecturer of pat- ent law in the University of Pennsyl- vania, it is but natural that Horace Pet- tit should be a leader among the practi- tioners in those lines at the Philadelphia Bar.
Mr. Pettit comes of old Colonial an-
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cestry, his grandfather, John Pettit, who was known as the "Big Colonel," locat- ing in Pennsylvania immediately after the Revolutionary War.
Mr. Pettit was born in Philadelphia, June 27th, 1860, and was educated at Dr. Faeres Classical School and at the Chel- tenham Military Academy. After grad- uation he determined to adopt the legal profession as his life work and com- menced the study of law in the office of his brother, Silas W. Pettit, at that time a member of the firm of Read and Pettit. He then entered the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania and after
graduation was admitted to the Bar in 1883. Mr. Pettit was successful from the outstart and soon numbered several cor- porations among his clients. Prominent among these was the Victor Talking Ma- chine Company, which he organized in 1901 and which he has represented as general counsel ever since. His careful preparation and comprehensive knowl- edge has been of the greatest value to the Victor Company in sustaining the patents and defending it against the at- tacks of other concerns. Other corpora- tions which Mr. Pettit represents have been equally fortunate through the ad- vantage of his sound judgment. Mr. Pet- tit is a member of the Union League, and the Racquet, University and Lawyers' clubs. He also holds membership in the Pennsylvania State and the National Bar Associations and is a member of the Board of Managers of the Franklin In- stitute. Ile is deeply interested in the work of the Young Men's Christian As- sociation and for years has been a sup- porter of the Central Branch.
WILLIAM GORMAN.
This city has no more ardent supporter than William Gorman, the well-known lawyer, who, although not born here, has been a resident of Philadelphia since in- fancy. Ile has travelled extensively and has come to the conclusion that there i- no place that affords so many facilities for forging ahead as the city of his adop- tion. fle claims that a man who cannot succeed here would be a failure every- where and deprecates the practice of Philadelphians of allowing their city to be unjustly criticised, which he contends, does incalculable harm. Mr. Gorman was born in Ireland and is descended from an old and distinguished family. Ile was brought to Philadelphia by his pa- rents, when three years old. Ilis educa- tion was received in public and private schools and his legal training was in the Law School of the University of Penn- sylvania. After admission to the Bar he became at once active in his chosen pro- fession and has figured prominently in many important cases, is cospecialist in Real Estate Law and in conveyanc-
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WILLIAM GORMAN.
ing, to which he has given much time and attention. For many years he acted as counsel for the Hibernian Society and the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and in that capacity secured, in the ear- lier days, many reforms in the distribu- tion of the funds awarded the Commis- sioners of Emigration. He was at one time president of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and counsel for the Board of Presidents of the United Charitable So- cieties for the relief of the subjects of all nations landing in Philadelphia. In ad- dition to these connections, Mr. Gorman is a member of the Manufacturers' Club, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the American Irish His- torical Society, the Board of Managers of the Rush Hospital and the Stomach Hospital, the Fairmount Park Art As- sociation, the Department of Archaeology and the Alumni Association of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, the National Geographic Society, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Bar Association of the United States and the Pennsylvania
Society. He was also one of the organ- izers of the Commonwealth Title Insur- ance and Trust Company.
SAMUEL B. SCOTT.
One of the members of the younger Bar who is prominent in political as well as legal circles, is Samuel B. Scott, who is a member of the Legislature from the Germantown district. Mr. Scott was born in Allegheny City, Pa., August 26th, 1878, and was educated in the public schools there and the Shadyside Acad- emy after which he entered Princeton University and graduated in the Class of 1900. A post-graduate course in 1901 brought him the A. M. degree and he then entered the law office of John Hous- ton Merrill, in Philadelphia, as a student, being admitted to the Bar in 1905. Mr. Scott began practice at once and has been very successful, specializing in civil law. Mr. Scott is an Independent Republican in politics and was connected with the old Municipal League in the Twenty-sec-
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ond Ward and with the City Party since its incipiency. He aided materially in the growth of that party in his ward and on account of his activity in the cause of good government was made its success- ful candidate for the Legislature in 1906, and has been re-elected at each successive election since. His career at Harrisburg has been marked by his courage and abil- ity in opposing all vicious legislation. When serving his fourth term, during the session of 1913, although still young in years, he was a veteran member and was elected to the chairmanship of the Committee Upon Committees, the power- ful body that selected the chairmen and members of the standing committees, se- lected the employes of the House and re- vised the rules.
C. STUART PATTERSON, JR.
C. Stuart Patterson, Jr., was born in Philadelphia, December 10, 1871, and
after complet- ing his educa- tion at the Germantown Academy, en- tered the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania from which he graduated in 1871 and was admitted to the Bar the same vear. In 1898 he relin- quished hís C. STUART PATTERSON, JR. practice to accept a sec- ond Lieutenancy in the Regular Army and was stationed at Port Tampa with the Seventh U. S. Cavalry dur- ing the Spanish War. He was after- wards transferred to the Sixth Artillery and accompanied that command to Hono- lulu and the Philippines. He resigned in 1902 and after spending five years in rail- road contracting and engineering work, returned to the practice of law in Phila-
delphia in 1907. Ilis practice is entirely criminal and he has been counsel in thirty-three murder cases and has never had a client condemned to death.
WILLIAM A. GRAY.
William A. Gray, who is one of the most capable members of the younger Bar, was born in Philadelphia, June 21st, 1875. and received his education in the public schools, Central High School, and the University of Pennsylvania, graduating cum laude from the last named institu- tion in 1807, winning the degree of 1.1 .. B., and the Pemberton Morris prize. Ile had been a student in the law office of Warwick, Miller and Tustin previous to entering the law school of the University of Pennsylvania and continued with that firm after admission to the Bar until he began to practice independently. He was appointed Assistant District Attorney in 1902 and for ten years, until his retire- ment from that position was one of the most active and energetic attaches of the office. Since relinquishing municipal work he has been engaged in some very
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important litigation in which he has been most successful. Mr. Gray is a member of the Law Association, Law Academy, Pennsylvania State Bar Association, Sons of Veterans, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks and the Masonic and Phi Delta Phi Fraternities. He is a Republican in politics but has never been a candidate for an elective office. His force as a speaker has materially aided his party in many local campaigns.
SAMUEL M. HYNEMAN.
Samuel M. Hyneman, who has for thirty-five years been engaged in some of the most important litigation in the Phila- delphia Courts, was born May 26th, 1854. Hle received a thorough training in the public schools of Philadelphia and at the Central High School. Having a predilection for the legal profession, Mr. Hyneman registered as a law student in the office of Hon. F. Carroll Brewster, and was admitted to the Bar, June 28th, 1878. His practice has been a general one, although he has been employed as counsel by many corporations during his long service at the Bar and has acted as referee in several cases of national im- portance. He is recognized as an unusu- ally well-equipped and forceful lawyer and has been exceptionally successful in his work. On June 4, 1913, Mr. Hyne- man was appointed to a judgeship of the Common Pleas Court by Governor Tener, under the law which created five addi- tional judges for the city.
Mr. Hyneman's maternal forebears were natives of Spain, which country they left under the Inquisition and settled in I Folland, finally coming to America. Many of these ancestors were buried in the old Jewish Cemetery on Spruce street between Eighth and Ninth streets. Ile is a member of the Union League, Mercantile, Racquet, Penn, Lawyers', Clover and Philadelphia Country clubs. In politics Mr. Hyneman is a Republican but bas never been a candidate for an elective office. He was president of the Young Men's Hebrew Association in 1880 and 1882 and of the Hebrew Con- gregation Mikve Israel from 1887 to
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1890. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Lawyers' Club, treasur- er of the Board of Trustees of Gratz Col- lege and one of the Board of Law Ex- aminers of Philadelphia County.
J. LEE PATTON.
J. Lee Patton, a prominent member of the Bar, was born in Philadelphia. June oth, 1860. He is a son of Colonel Ed- ward W. and Mary ( Lee) Patton, and was educated in the Friends' and public schools and at the Central High School, from which he graduated in February, 1888, being a member of the 89th gradhui- ating class and receiving the A. M. de- gree. After this thorough preparation he entered the Law School of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, receiving the LL. D. degree upon his graduation in 1891. After admission to the Bar, Mr. Patton continued with his preceptor, Samuel B. Huey, Esq., until 1893, when he began practice alone with offices in the Betz Building, where he is still located. Mr.
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Patton has specialized in Land Damage Proceedings, and for eleven years was engaged in that character of work for the city of Philadelphia. He was appointed Assistant City Solicitor, January Ist, 1803, and served in that capacity until
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May, 1904, when he resigned to become counsel for the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania in collateral tax matters. At the request of the Law School of Pennsyl- vania he, several years ago, delivered a course of six lectures on "Practice in Road and Street Opening Proceedings."
Mr. Patton has always taken a deep in- terest in church work and is treasurer of the Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Association of the Diocese of Pennsyl- vania, Vestryman and Superintendent of
the Sunday School of St. Peter's Church, Germantown; Directing Vice-President of the Drexel Biddle Bible Class ; mem- ber of the Executive Committee of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew and is coun- sel for the Philadelphia Protestant Epis- copal City Mission. He is a member of the Union League, The Church, West Philadelphia Republican, Germantown Republican, Lincoln, "444" and Pedes- trian Clubs, the Sons of the Revolution, Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania F. & 1. M., Philadelphia Lodge 444 and Phila- delphia Royal Arch Chapter 169.
GEORGE P. RICH.
One of the oldest and most respected members of the Philadelphia Bar, who has built up a large general practice since his admission, is George P. Rich, who was born in Montgomery County, in 1847, the son of S. N. and Mary Il. ( Pawling) Rich, his mother being a granddaughter of General Iliester who was at one time Governor of Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Rich was educated in the public schools of Norristown, Pennsyl- vania, and at John Locke's Academy also located in Norristown. Upon the com- pletion of his studies he registered as a student in the office of his father, who was a prominent member of the Bar. He was admitted to practice in Philadel- phia County in 1870. Like most of the lawyers of the old school, Mr. Rich has never specialized in any particular line, believing that a thoroughly trained law- yer is capable of conducting any of the so-called special branches of the profes- sion. Ile was at one time associated with Hon. Mayer Sulzberger, now a Judge of the Common Pleas Courts. He has been engaged in some very important liti- gation and is one of the best-known members of the Bar. Ile is a member of the Lawyers' Club, the Penn Club and the Germantown Cricket Club.
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FRANCIS T. CHAMBERS.
An acknowledged authority on patent law, Francis T. Chambers, has been con- nected with some of the most important cases involving the ownership of patents in this coun- try and has attained a Na- tional reputa- tion. through his research and experi- ence along this line. Mr. Chambers was born in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, March 3. 1855, the son of Francis T. and Elizabeth Lea ( Feb- iger) Cham- FRANCIS T. CHAMBERS. bers. llis was received
preliminary education at the West Chester ( Pa. ) Academy, after which he entered Yale University and graduated in 1875 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He read law under the direction of William Henry Rawle and supplemented his legal knowl- edge by a course in the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has always specialized in patent law and has been connected with some very important cases. He holds membership in the Philadelphia, Rittenhouse, Racquet. Penn, Automobile, City and Philadelphia Country Clubs. Mr. Chambers married Miss Nannette Schuyler Bolton, of West Chester, June 10, 1800, and they have three children. He is a member of the Episcopal Church and is a Progressive in politics.
ROBERT BRANN.VN.
When Robert Brannan was admitted to practice in the Philadelphia courts, he needed no introduction to the judges or the attaches thereof, for his long connec- tion with a leading daily had made them all acquaintances or friends. Mr. Bran-
nan was born in Gloucester, N. J., June 28th, 1863, and was educated in the pub- lic schools of that section. Ile com- menced newspaper work with a country paper and was afterwards attached to the Camden Daily Courier. Upon his entry into journalism in Philadelphia as a mem- ber of the local staff of the Press he was assigned to municipal work and soon be- came an authority on things political, act- ing at one time as the Harrisburg cor- respondent. lle studied law during this period and was admitted to the Bar, De- cember, 1896. He is an Assistant City Solicitor and his work in the City's Law Department has been frequently com- mended. He has been for several years a member of the County Board of Law Examiners.
DAVID J. SMITHI.
David J. Smyth was born in the old district of Southwark, Philadelphia, forty
years ago. He attended the public schools in the lower section of the city. then entered the employ of a legal firm as office boy, be- came a stu- dent of law and then en- tered the Un- iversity of Pennsylvania. lle was ad- mitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1806 and since DAVID J. SMYTH. that time has been very active in his profession and in politics. Ile was elected as a Republican member of the State Legislature in 1901, and the following year was appointed First Assistant District Attorney. In
1903 he served as Director of Public Safety. Since his retirement from the last named office Mr. Smyth has devoted his entire time to his practice.
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T. FOSTER THOMAS.
The descendant of a long line of law- yers, it was not strange that T. Foster Thomas should become a member of the legal profes- sion. Mr. Thomas, who is thirty-five years of age, has been practicing in the criminal and divorce courts of Philadelphia -- for over ten years. lle studied engi- neering be - fore deciding to take up the study of law T. FOSTER THOMAS. and graduat- ed from the University of Pennsylvania in 1902. He is a son of Edward J. B. Thomas, who was one of the leaders of the Bar fifty years ago, and is a grandson of General Thomas Foster Petrie, who was at one time a Judge in Madison County, New York. His male ancestors in England and Scotland were lawyers for many gen- erations. Mr. Thomas served as a mem- ber of the First Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war with Spain. He is a well- known genealogist and is also an au- thority on natural history.
JOSEPH P. MCCULLEN.
Joseph P. McCullen was born Febru- ary 7, 1861, in Philadelphia, and was edu- cated in the public schools. He studied law under the direction of the late George Il. Earle and Richard P. White, and was admitted to the Bar, July 1, 1882. At the banquet in this city, tendered to Grover Cleveland. January 8, 1891, he responded to the toast "The Young Democracy." Hle was a candidate for Congress in 1804 and was counsel for City Treasurer Wright in the investigations and prosecu- tions following the removal from office of City Treasurer John Bardsley. He head- ed the Democratic Presidential electoral
ticket in Pennsylvania in 1908 and in 1912 was ap- pointed First Assistant City Solicitor. Un- der the Act of June 4th, 1913, he was one of the five additional Judges ap - pointed to the Common Pleas Courts of Philadel- phia, but re- tired when
the Supreme Court by a di- JOSEPH P. MCCULLEN. vided vote of 4 to 3 declared the Act in- creasing the number of Judges unconsti- tutional.
JAMES W. KING.
In - taking up the study of law after he had become successful in journalism, James A. King, gratified a desire he had formed in boyhood. Mr. King was born and educated in Philadel- phia and worked on various pa- pers there un- til he rose to the positionof City Editor of the Press and was fin- ally advanced to the Man- aging Editor- ship of that paper. Ile has always been active in po- JAMES W. RING. litical circles and on several occasions has taken part in important religious movements. lle was a member of the Executive Committee appointed for the celebration of the late Archbishop Ryan's Silver Jubilee and was active in the cele- bration of the Centenary of this Catholic diocese. Mr. King received an honorary degree from Lafayette College and is a member of the University and other clubs.
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JAMES A. FLAHERTY.
James A. Flaherty was born in Phila- delphia, July 3, 1853, and received his early educa- tion in the public and parochial schools of the city. He read law in the of- fice of the late Colonel Wil- liam B. Mann and after- wards took a course at the University of Pennsylvania. He was ad- mitted to the JAMES A. FLAHERTY. Bar in 1874 and at once started general practice, specializing in Orphans' Court work and the set- tlement of estates in which lines he has been highly successful. Mr. Flaherty is well-known and active in Catholic cir- cles. He is Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus and vice-president of the American Society for Visiting Catholic Prisoners. Ile is a member of the Lawyers' and Philopatrian Clubs, the American Catholic Historical Society and a director of the Continental-Equitable Trust Company.
CHARLES LINCOLN BROWN.
Despite his long activity in politics and the many years spent in public life, Charles L. Brown has built up an exten- sive practice as a lawyer and is one of the best known practitioners at the Bar. He was born in Philadelphia, July 6, 1864, and after preparation in the pub- lic schools entered Lehigh University to study civil engineering: Illness compell- ed his retirement from this institution, but after a rest he entered the University of Pennsylvania for a course in law. After graduation and admission to the Bar, he commenced practice and shortly afterwards was elected to the Common Council from the Fifteenth Ward. He served in the lower chamber from 1891
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