The Washington times., 1901-11-03
SOME SONS OF YALE.
Graduates of the Great University
Who Have Mnde History.


Yale has the distinguished honor of hav-
ing more of her sons called to the United
| States Supreme Court bench than has any
| other university, writes Charles T. Glenn
! ons in the Yale Alumni Weekl," Seven
| graduates of Yale have seryeL as mem
bers of this tribunal with dignity and
! ability beiitting the high office: Chief
Justice Morrison R. Waite, 81, and Jus
tices Henry Baldwin. M; William Strong.
2s; William B. Woods, '45; George Shiras,
%; David J. Brewer Sc and Henry Bill
lings Brown, sc. Justices Shiras, Brown.
and Brewer, members OF the present
/ court, having been in college at the same
time, and two of them in the same class.
! To these names might be added an eighth.
that of Justice David Davis, who complet-
/ ed his legal studies at Yale, but before
1 the university gave degrees in law.
Eight alumni have served as judges Of
the United States Circuit Court, among
whom are William B. Woods, IS: Ma
thaniel Shipman, As; David J. Brewer,
So; John w. Showalter. 81; lie Baron b.
| Colt, '6S, and William II. Taft. rs
Twenty graduates have been judges OF
the United States District Court. OF this
number are John S. Hobart. 1857; Nathan
lei Shipman. III; Oliver Wolcott, 177g;
Rensselaer, R Nelson, &c: Edward Coke
Billings. 80; John B. Rector, SO; Elmer b.
Adams. %; Edward 3. Thomas, 20; Will
liam X. Townsend, II, and Oliver Perry
Shiras, sc law.
Titus Hosmer. n Yale graduate Of I757.
served as judge OF the United States Mar
itime Court
Yale has had one Vice President, John
c. Calhoun, 1S0i, who served two terms.
and one Presidential candidate who came
near to election. Samuel J. Tilden, 81 In
the Presidents Cabinet she has been rep
resented by the folio wing: Secretary of
State, John c. Calhoun. 1904 John NJ
Clayton, 10, who negotiated the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty. and William NJ Evarts.
q. Secretary Of the Treasury, Oliver
Walcott, lbs. who succeeded Hamilton in
this office. Secretary of War, Peter Buel
Porter, 1871; John C Calhoun, 1904 and
AlphonsO Taft, 49, Attorney General,
Alphonso Taft, 90; William NJ Evarts,
q; Edwards Pierrepont, '37, and Wayne
M2cNeagh, 80. Postmaster General, Re
turn J. Meigs. 17s5; Gideon Granger, I7ST:
Francis Granger, II; Samuel d. Hubbard,
ls, and Wilson 5. Bissen GO. Secretary
OF the Navy, George E. Badger 'l3. and
William c. Whitney, g. Secretary of the
Interior. John w. Noble, 81
Yale has furnished four Commissioners
Of Patents, two Assistant Secretaries Of
the Treasury, one Treasurer of the United
States. Ellis II. Roberts, 50: one Assist
ant Attorney General, Edward y. Whit
ney rs. and one Solicitor General. WI
liam II. Taft, IS.
In Congress Yale has been represented
by 80 Senators, including James Hill
house, l753; jeremiah Mason, 17ss. Of
~hom Webster said: The characteristics
OF his mind were real greatness, strength.
dhH 1 sIsacIty, Horatio Seymour i7g7;
Jghn l. Calhoun, 1901; John NJ Ciaytor,
%; Trusten Polk, 81; Allen T. CAMERON
~ William NJ. Evarts, 81; Henry l.
Dawes, 50; q; Gratz Brown, AZ. who was
nominee Tor Vice President with Greeley.
william n Stewart, 81; Randall Lee CID.
son, 52; Thomas G. Platt ex-'h3: chauure,,
M. Depew IS; Anthony Higgins Isl.
George Peabody Wetmore. 81. and Ed
gressmen, including Carter Henry HaTri-
son %; Ellis II. Roberts. 80; WjlIiam
walter Phelps. 60; John Dalzel a.
lanes W. Nadsworth. cx-'69 S. Francis
Ter, &c ~ / wv
In international affairs Yale's influence |
mas been equally great. She has had the |
Sli,' io"ile i am ga ssadors France q, Silas
yon, ~, and Andrew D. White, '53,: ItaIy
q, Wayne MacNeagh, '53l; TO which Ust |
illsht ne adued Edward ]. Phelps Am
bassador to Great Britain who snent |
some time in study Of law at Yale. he
fore degrees in law were given She has /
nad the following ministers plenipotentia-
ry: England q. Ashbel Smith. ~ and |
Edwards Pierrepont, 50; France q. loci |
Barlow, las, and Ashbel Smith 'aG. |
Mexico q. including James Gadsen IGe
who negotiated the treaty by which tbc
United States acquired what is now mari
of Arizona and New Mexicol; Russia "A
Including Cassius n. Clay, 32, and An.
drew ID. White. SD Germany q, Andrew
-; White. and William Walter
Phelps, 60): Netherlands Il, Stanford |
Newell, CD; Austria (3); Portugal QD:
Spain q, David Humphreys IND: Algiers
;D; Turkey. O; Belgium ~: Greece, Rou-
mania, and Servia q. including Eugene |
Schuyler. so: Persia %: Bolivia (2' in
rluding John Cotton Smith, 800; Guate-
nala q. Maegrane Coke '79l; San saliva
dor %; Haiti %. She has had two
Charge d Anaires one In Austria and one
in Sweden. Peter Parker, 81, was United
States Commissioner TO Chins-Yale
Weekly.