The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-23
a Sketch of the Candidate for Governor.

George Hoadly was born in New Haven
Conn.,, July 81, 1926. He was an only son.
His father, George Hoadly, was a man of
great integrity, ranking high in social and
public life. He was at one time mayor of
New Haven. He in 1880 removed with his
family to Cleveland, where he continued to
reside during the remainder of his life He
was also elected to the chief magistracy of
that city. His son received his elementary
education in Cleveland, and at the age of
fourteen was sent to Western Reserve Col
lege at Hudson, o., where he graduated in
1874. He then entered the law school at
Cam bridge, Mass, where he passed one year
of study under the tuition of Judge Story
and Professor Simon Greenleaf. and, after
reading second year in the office of Charles
G. Converse, then prominent
attorney in GAINESVILLE, O., and after
ward judge of the Court of
Common Pleas and the Supreme Court of
Ohio, came to Cincinnati and entered the
law office of Chase d Ball as student in Sep
tember, 1916, and was admitted to the bar in
August. 1S47. He soon attracted the atten-
ton and secured the friendship of Salmon p.
Chase, afterward Chief Justice of the United
States, who was keenly alive to the import
ance of attaching to himself young men of
promise, and in 1S49 was admitted to his firm
(Chase, Ball q Hoadly) as junior partner.
Mr.. Chase's election to the United States
Senate and consequent withdrawal from pro-
year led to Hoadly's appearing in important
cases very early in his career, and probably
contributed to his election by the Legislature
in 1851 to the office of Judge of the Superior
Court of Cincinnati for the residue of the
term. In 1859 he succeeded Judge W. Y
Gholson on the bench of the new Superior
Court In 1856 he was offered by Governor
Chase, and again by Governor Tod in 1862,
seat upon the Supreme Bench of Ohio, but
declined both appointments. He was re-
elected to the bench in 1864 but resigned in
1866 to establish the firm of Hoadly, Jackson
u Johnson, which soon ranked with the act
lively employed law firms of the country
In the constitutional convention of 1884
he took an active part, devoting Ell ,ht
months time to it. In 1851 Judge Hoadly
married Mary Burnet Perry, third daughter
of Captain Samuel Perry. He has three
children. Judge Hoadly began life as
a Democrat, but some time previous to the
war went over to the Republicans In 1872
he joined the Liberal wing of his
party and supported Horace Greeley.
After that campaign he began to affiliate with
the Democrats again, and in 1876 was fore
most among the Tilden and Hendricks sup
porters He conducted the celebrated Florida
and Oregon cases for Tilden. He has since
that time been actively engaged IN the prac-
tice of his profession. He has no superior in
Ohio before the bar. His law practice is
large and lucrative, and has yielded him
stock of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st.
Louis & Chicago railroad. His heart was
very much set upon securing the nomination,
and there is no doubt but he expects
to be a prominent candidate for the presi-
dency next year. He lives on Walnut Hills,
and is neighbor of Judge Foraker, the Re-
publican nominee for Governor.