Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-20
HIGH JUDICIAL POSITION.

The Youngest Supreme Court Justice
His Wife Was a New Haven Lady,
Was a Granddaughter Of the Late |
Hervey Sanford, Who Was President |
OF the New Haven Bank.
The nomination yesterday by the presi- |
dent of William B. Hornblower of
New York to be associate Justice
of the supreme court of the United States
will specially interest many here and in
Connecticut generally, as this is the posi-
ton for which the name of Judge s. E.
Baldwin of this city was prominently
urged, and from the fact that Judge Horn
blowers wife was the daughter of William
E. Sanford of this city, who was brother
of the late Judge Sanford of New York. A
sketch of Judge Hornblower is as follows:
Mr.. Ho-nblower has bsen for many years
counsel and for several years trustee of
the New York Life Insurance company, and
had general control of its litigation all over
the world. He has tried many cases in
circuit, and argued numerous appeals be-
fore the court of appeals of New York and
the United States supreme court, and has
acted as referee in several notable cases, in
volying important questions of insurance,
railroad and corporate law. AS counsel
for the receiver of the firm of Grant &
Ward, he succeeded in maintaining
the right of the receiver of tbs
firm to large amount of property
the illegal transfer of which would have
defrauded the creditors of the firm. Among
Mr.. Hornblower's many contributions to
legal literature may be mentioned "The
Conflict Between Federal and State De-
cisions" In the American Law Review for
March, 1880; SIS Codi6cation OF the Law
Expedient2" an address before the Ameri-
can Social Science association, September
8, 1888; and "The Legal Status of tho
Indians" an address before the American
Bar association in August, 1891. In 1890
/ the governor of the state appointed him
member of the commission appointed
| under an act Of the legislature to propose
amendments to the judiciary article
/ of the state constitution. Besides
being president of the Princeton Alumni
| association, Mr.. Hornblower belongs to
| the following clubs of Nsw York: Manhat-
/ tan, University, Princeton, City, Demo-
| cratic, Reform and Metropolitan. He is q
| member also of the Society of Medical Jur-
| isprudence and of the Bar association.
he is secretary of the executive commit
| tee of the last named association, and was
active in the movement of the Bar 1850
| citation to have Judge Bookstaver impeach-
| ed for his connection with the Flack case.
| as we'll as in the associations emphatic
| condemnation of Judge Maynard, having
been a member of the special committee in
| the latter case.
In 1882 Mr.. Hornblower married the
daughter of William E. Sanford, formerly
of New Haven, now residing in New York,
a brother of the late Judge Sanford of
New York. She died several years ago,
leaving two sons and daughter. William
E. Sanford ia son of the late Hervey
Sanford of New Haven, who was for many
years president of the National New Haven
bank. He Is cousin of Nathan H. San
ford, eeq, of this city, who reeides at the
New Haven house.
Mr.. Hornblower is the youngest justice
+ who ever sat on the supreme bench, with
the one exception of Judge Story, who was
appointed an associate justice at the age
of thirty-two.