Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-03-14

he WAS admitted to the bar and
WAS the law partner of the late j.
w. Perry. He married lis cousin,
II daughter Of George Peabody,
and has onc son and one daughter.
He is now one of the Board of
OverscerS of Harvard College, and
is a member of the massachusetts
Historical Society.
In 1871 Mr.. Endicott made his
appearance in public at HE age Of
twenty-five as Il member, of the Sit
lem Common Council. After being
for three years Il member OF that
body he waS elected City Solicitor,
and held the Office till 1868. He
then praciiced at the bar till he
WIS appointed III 1913 tothc bench
of the Supreme Court Of his Sta.e
by Gov. William Il. W"shhurn, II
Republican, where he remained for
ten years. until the state OF his
health obliged him To resign.
IN politics Mr.. li:ilcott was
originally Il Why, alnl dia=not join
Tie Drmnrr;t> uilillilc Ills olurion
OF the Wing party. He. however.
pc. s,'SSr, tia' respect ;h'! rstccm'f
hotI, his pol!ic.l friends anal 'p
ponrnt~. on :lccnlilit CT both his
character i.l';i ability. he wa,Ihc
candidate I'll TIE Democrats Lust
November for Cover nI Of MaSSa-
chu >>c,tS. ANA waS sn thoroughly
acceptable, to ;ieanli lla.lcRrpab-
LEANS thar inany of them who
were opposed lu Coy. Robinson in
the campaign voted for him. He
waS always, however, an nncon-
promising adversary tn The Ben
Butler wing of The Democrats.
WILLIAM c. WHITNEY.
MIR. William Collins Whitney, of
Sew York city WAS born in ConwaA,
Hiss. III 1881. Gen. james s. Whit
ncy. his father, WIS Il prominent
Massachusetts Democrat, who WAS
superintendent Oft lie Springfield ar
Srmal under PRESIDENT picr,rS adj
nni~l.aton and Collector of the
Port ol Hu>ton under President
Buchana;l. MIR. Whirncy WAS "radn
atcd from W.illSton Seminary at
E;l>ilamp:on. Mass. and then, in
1853. from Yale College,, where llo
w;lS chosen u deliver The class ora
tion. Nj, Whitney wills irXI Gradn
aztec! from :he Harvard Las Scnol,
AMI coming 10 this city, entered the
Office of Judge abraham L. l4aw
renee. tlicn engaged in private
practice. IIclh" acquired Il large
practice soon after his admission to
the bar. For several years he was
counsel ior some Of our largest life
Insurance companies a",l other cor
.poralionS. He is Il Son.iu law ei' Uni
ted States Senator Payne of OHIO.
His political activity began during
Il campaign against the Tweed ring
in 1870 and 1871, when he altrn.
tion al Mr.. Tilden WIS attracted to
his abilities.
In 1872 Mr. Whitney w;iS the can
ditlate for district attorney on the
APOLLO Hall ticket, but owing to
the Democratic Vote being divided
the late Benz X. Phelps WAS elected
10 he office Mr.. Whitney waS one
OF the principal orgalliscrS of the
County Democracy. The first city
office held 10y MIR. Whitney wa> that
of school trustee for the Twenty.
first Ward. On August o, 1870,
Mayor Wickham appointed him
counsel to the corporation in place
of L. Delaiield Smith, removed. Mr..
Whitney WAS twice reapnuinted in
this position. which he resigned in
November, 1852, while his term had
nearly two years 10 run. Since hiSre
si@natinn he llaSattended to private
law pracliccand hiSperSonal affairs.
WILLIAM F.yILAS.
Mr.. William +. Villas, as chairman
or the Democratic convention 1884,
became widely known. He comes
from the wildS oI Vermont, where
he WAS born in 1910. He had SENSE
cnongl to leave Vermont at the aye
of eleven, and settling in WiScun-
ain graduated at the State Uuivcr-
Sitv in 1858. He went tc the Albany
6. Y. Law School and became Il
member of the New York bar.
Going back to WISCONSIN he gath
cred round him II few clients and
built up in time good practice.
He fought in the war and became a
colonel of volunteers. When the
fighting was over he resumed his
forensic career.
He perSiStently declined office,
and in 1879 turned a deaf ear to his
friends, who offered him the Gov
ernorship Of Wisconsin. He went to
Chicago as a delegate, and he was
made permanent chairman Of the
convention.
He has the reputation of being a
smart lawyer and Il shrewd man Of
business.
AUGUSTUS II. GARLAND.
Senator Garland is native Of
Tennessee He was born inlS32 and
became lawyer at the age of
twcnty.one. He went to Little Rock,
Ark, and gained some celebrity.
He followed his State into SeceSS
ion and WAS present at the conven-
ton which decided upon the ordi
nance of separation from the Union.
He was elected to Che Confederate
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