The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-15
G%REATNAMES ARE THERE
REGISTER OF THE UNITED STATES
COURT o THIS DISTRICT.
Men Admitted to Practice I'm the Early
Days Some Not En-
rolled.

admitted in the history Of the court, and the
first name was registered on Nov. S, 1871, and
the last one on May S Of this year. The first
man registered was Harlin II. Moore and the
last Howard W.. Mounty. of Garrett.
The names of a number of prominent men
do not appear, but there are several ways
by which they might have been omitted
The name of Judge Baker, now one of the
judges of the court, is not found In the
book. but Judge Baker was admitted to
practice in the United States courts before
the Supreme Court in 1876 or 1875. He has
never been registered in the court over
which he presides. Ex-President Harrison's
names does not appear in the register. but
it may have been for the same reason. Ger
tain it is that he has practiced in the court,
and ii may be that he has been admitted
here and then neglected TO register in the
clerks office, as a number OF cases have
been found where this was the case.
The honored name of Dewey appears early
in the list, for the second man registered
was Charles Dewey and his year is 1871. He
was later a judge of the Supreme Court.
The record of home addresses for the early
years has been lost. so it is not known where
he was from. In the same year appears the
name of d well-known indianapolis family,
as one of the five men admitted during that
year was Henry p. Coburn. In many cases
the names representing three generations
appear On the book. There are historic
names il plenty, but the name of Oliver +.
Morton is not found. One of the distin-
guished out-of-town men whose names APP
pears early is John j. Crittenden, who was
admitted in 1853. The following year ex-
Senator ]. Il. Mcdonald registered. and in
1853 Walter q. Gresham signed his name.
Simon Yandess name is among those adj
mitted in 1910. Other names prominent in
the city and State are James II. Hanna,
Thomas Ewing. A second Coburn appears
In ls4S, Edwin. and a second C%arnahan,
James r., IN 1876. Il. NJ. Mcdonald appears
mon. in 1868, 3. F., in 1857. and John W., in
1880. The name of Samuel j. Tilden was
registered in 1861. Nearly all OF the men
well known at the present time have been
recorded in the court. Senator Fairbanks
was admitted in 1876, Senator Beverage in
lsSS; and ex-senator Turpie In 1865. Other
XXI names that appear in later years
are c. ID. Coffin, in 1861; John T. Dye. in
1858; Judge Taylor, of Fort Wayne, in 1866;
David w. Ia Toilette, OF New Albany, in
1856: Charles C Binckley: in 1869; John 8.
William +. English, in 1876; Judge L. NJ.
Harvey. in 1852; A. L. Mason. in 1882, and
Judge j. NJ. feathers. in iss2. Tn ladies
AAaf tOk POI I W &c lOI-
gotten on the record, for in 1898 Nettie G.
Lutes. of Tfffin. o.. and Miss Florence Hig-
gins, OF valparaiso, were admitted and duly
Those who are registered up to 1860 are as
follows:
1Sl7-Harlin II. Moore. Charles Dewey,
humphrey Webster, William +. Thompson
1s1s-Moses Tabs. John II. Dunbar, Reu-
ben Nelson. Ebenezer Mcdonald. Amos
Lane, Alexander Meek. David RAYMOND.
James Furgason and Henry p. Thornton.
las-Nathaniel Huntington, Henry Steph-
ems, Samuel Whittlesey, David 8. Bell, Dam
Wicklor. James ID. Breckenridge and Seth
M. Leavenworth.
1SO-Mason C. Fitch. Isaac Howk, John
II. Thompson. George II. Dunn and James
1S2l-John Test and David Hare.
lS2S-Jeremiah Sullivan. Amory Kinney,
Ross. Anna Clark. Phillip Switzer and
James Purdy.
ls3s7samuel Indian, John W; Payne, Jere-
1S24-Stephen Q. Stevens and James Rari-
dan.
1s25-winiam w. Wick, Oliver IT.. Smith.
John F.. Mckinney, Cyrus Finch. Calvin
Fletcher. Thomas Douglass and Joseph
ls2S.Hiram Brown. Harvey Gregg, Albert
5: White. Elisha Embrue and Robert A.
Chandler.
sz1LCraven p; Hester, septimius Smith
ana Nathan Or. toward.
1SS-Henry Ware and William r. Morris.
~S2s-Theodor c. Cone and Charles H.
1Ssi-David wallace. Jesse /. Holman
Elisha NJ. Huntington. James Harrington
James Perry. Randolph Crawford and Alb
1SS22James B. Ray, John Livingston,
Davidson
lSSsMMartin Jameson. John Test, jr., Hugh
Bull, William j. Brown, Hugh b. Essies1
ton, Samuel Bigger, David Mcdonald,
Caleb B.. Smith. Andrew Ingram, John
mont, Hugh. L. Livingston, Thomas ].
Evans and David Kilgore.
sSfnHumphre T. Robinson. Ovid But
Elisha w. Chester, Samuel C.. Sample and
W. ewing. James Perry.
lS56-John l.. Ketcham, Jonathan A. Lis
bon. Henry Chase. George Holland. Daniel
Kelso, Samuel b. Gookins, Joseph e.. Mar
shall, samuel w. Parker and James l.. Jur-
regan.
1ss7-william P. Bryant, John w. Wright.
Niiberforce Lyle, CORTLAND Gushing. Jesse
John Patti, Harvey Brown, Andrew In
gram, John Bruce and William Sheets.
lSSs-Michael G.. Bright. Abraham c. Ham,
Hiram Allen, Samuel C. Wilson. Thomas
John s Watts. Williamson Wright and
%1s4o-John B. Wiles and Simon Yandes.
lS41-Thomas 1. Wilson and John p.
Usher.
1S42-Andrew l.. Osborn. James B. Sleeth,
vid Brier.
1s43-Joseph A. Wright.
1Sf4-William T. Otto, George w. Julian,
William p. Boone, Jacob b. Julian. John
b: Howe and Cromwell Wolsey Barbour.
1S47-Edward H. Bracket.
= Coburn. William Wallace,
William Stewart. Algernon Sullivan and
SEE. A. Mcmahon, George ". Howk
and Thomas D.. Walpole.
1S5o-Wiliiam NJ. Duren,. Andrew NJ. Car
nahan. John ID. Rowland, Lewis Wallace.
Edwin b.; Croker, Lawkin Reynolds and
s. Scobey.
1s5iISamuei F. Maxwell. william C. will
Reuben ID. Logan, Charles Craft,
Means. William F. Lane, James
hughes and William Grose.
lso2-Wnliam Il. Niblack and Gideon G.
Moody.
lS3James b. Mereweather, Martin NJ.
Ray. Michael s.. Bright, Isaac Blackford.
Thomas Ewing, Henry Stansbury, John II.
James, Jesse p. Siddall. jeremiah Nj. Will
son, lafayette Droiin. John j. C~rittenden
and John F. Brown.
1s54-Edward A. Hannegan. John II. Rea,
George II. Monson. Thomas II. Nelson, j.
L. Mcdonald and Oliver b. Toubet.
4. Bassett. Cyrus Hines.
William Bowes, A. Med. Haskell. Robert
Charles Case. Daniel Wilcox, Jamie O'Brien.
Isaac Bowen. William b. Beach. Samuel
w. Tilford. Reginald H.. Hall, Isaac Van
deyenter and John III. Cooke.
~lS6-Nathaniel t. Hauser. Ralph Hill. Da-
1s~5s-Jonathan F. Gardiner. James N.
Sims, Robert p. Davidson and Patrick Fl.
1870 T aaoao. roz,Nou ID T Ko,