Lawyer, jurist and teacher of law. Born in New York, he entered Hamilton College and graduated in 1862. From August of that year until August 1865 he was in the Federal military service, first as a second lieutenant of the 112th New York Volunteers and eventually as chief signal officer of the Department of Susquehanna, with the brevet rank of major.In 1866 he moved to St. Louis, where after studying law for two years in the office of a maternal uncle, he was admitted to the bar. In 1876 he was elected judge of the circuit court of St. Louis and in 1882 was re-elected, bt resigned in 1887 to accept appointment by President Cleveland as federal judge for the eastern district of Missouri. In 1894 he was elevated to the position of federal circuit judge for the eighth circuit. Meanwhile, in 1890, he became a teacher at the Law School of Washington University in St. Louis.As a federal judge, he made a favorable impression on the lawyers of his generation by reason of his patience, impartiality and thorough study of facts. He published for the use of law students “Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts (1895) and “A Synopsis of the Law of Contract” (1897). His address before the American Bar Association on the Louisiana Purchase presented the orthodox constitutional justification for the federal policy adopted in developing the vast territory ceded to the United States by France in 1803.
Lawyer, jurist and teacher of law. Born in New York, he entered Hamilton College and graduated in 1862. From August of that year until August 1865 he was in the Federal military service, first as a second lieutenant of the 112th New York Volunteers and eventually as chief signal officer of the Department of Susquehanna, with the brevet rank of major.In 1866 he moved to St. Louis, where after studying law for two years in the office of a maternal uncle, he was admitted to the bar. In 1876 he was elected judge of the circuit court of St. Louis and in 1882 was re-elected, bt resigned in 1887 to accept appointment by President Cleveland as federal judge for the eastern district of Missouri. In 1894 he was elevated to the position of federal circuit judge for the eighth circuit. Meanwhile, in 1890, he became a teacher at the Law School of Washington University in St. Louis.As a federal judge, he made a favorable impression on the lawyers of his generation by reason of his patience, impartiality and thorough study of facts. He published for the use of law students “Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts (1895) and “A Synopsis of the Law of Contract” (1897). His address before the American Bar Association on the Louisiana Purchase presented the orthodox constitutional justification for the federal policy adopted in developing the vast territory ceded to the United States by France in 1803.
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