Henry Clay
Henry Clay, Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer, politician, and skilled orator…
Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American politician and senator from Massachusetts.…
Peyton Randolph
(1721-1775) Lawyer and statesman who was appointed first president of the first Continental Congress
Joseph H. Choate
(1832-1917) Lawyer and diplomat who achieved major success as ambassador to Great Britain.
Rufus Choate
(1799-1859) American lawyer who served as a representative to the Senate and Congress for the State…
Caleb Cushing
(1800-1879) Lawyer and public official. Appointed commissioner to China and served in the Mexican War.…
Jubal A. Early
(1816-1894) Soldier and Lawyer who fought against the Seminoles and in the Mexican War
Governor John Rutledge
(1739-1800) A lawyer and a judge, Rutledge was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress and the Continental…
Robert R. Livingston
(1746-1813) Lawyer and diplomat who seized the opportunity to make the Louisiana Purchase.
James Otis Jr.
"James Otis, Jr., a young Boston lawyer during the old Confederation."—E. Benjamin Andrews, 1895
Abram Stevens Hewitt
Hewitt was a congressman, major of New York City, teacher, iron manufacturer, and lawyer.
Joaquin Miller
Miller's real name was Cincinnatus Heine, or Hiner Miller. He was a poet, lawyer, and judge.
William Maxwell Evarts
(1818-1901) US Secretary of State, US Attorney General and Senator from New York.
Harrison H. Riddleberger
(1844-1890) Lawyer and senator from Virginia who served in the Confederate army.
Lewis Wallace
(1827-1905) A lawyer, eleventh Governor of the New Mexico Territory, and served in the Civil War for…
John D. C. Atkins
(1825-1908) Served as a member of the US House of Representatives and the Confederate Congress from…
Belva Ann Lockwood
Lawyer and feminist and was the first female lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court. She was the presidential…
William M. Evarts
"Both as a lawyer and a statesman Mr. Evarts ranks high." —The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888
William H Prescott
An American historian; born in Salem, Mass., May 4, 1796, the son of a distinguished lawyer and statesman,…
James Otis
(1725-1783) A lawyer in colonial Massachusetts who was an early advocate of the views that led to the…
Lord Henry Brougham
(1778-1868) Lord Henry Peter Brougham, the first Baron Brougham and Vaux, was a British writer, scientist,…
William Boyd Allison
(1829-1908) American lawyer and senator famous four framing the Bland-Allison silver bill of 1878. US…
Charles Francis Adams
Son of John Quincy Adams, grandson of John Adams an American lawyer, politician, diplomat, and writer.
Edward Dickinson Baker
Edward Dickinson Baker (February 24, 1811 – October 21, 1861) was an English-born American politician,…
Jacob Barker
Jacob Barker (1779 – 1871) was an American financier and lawyer, born in Swan Island, Me., of…
James Asheton Bayard
James Asheton Bayard was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware.…
Judah Philip Benjamin
Judah Philip Benjamin (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was an American politician and lawyer. He was…
John Bigelow
John Bigelow (November 25, 1817 – December 19, 1911) was an American lawyer and statesman. He…
John Cabell Breckinridge
John Cabell Breckinridge was a lawyer, U.S. Representative, Senator from Kentucky, Vice President of…
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1896,…
Benjamin Franklin Butler
Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician…
Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer,…
Sir Thomas More's House, Chelsea
Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer,…
Joseph Hodges Choate
Joseph Hodges Choate (January 24, 1832 - 1917), was an American lawyer and diplomat to the United Kingdom.