The Penn's Grove record., 1919-07-25
Cummings Militant Democrat

Homer S. Cummings, newly elected
chairman of the Democrat National
Committee, is a graduate of Yale, a
lawyer of note and a conspicuous
figure in the militant Democracy of
Connecticut, where he has received ap-
pointments and elections to important
offices. He served three terms as
Mayor of Stamford. In 1908 was
chosen corporation counsel for SIAM
ford and remained in that office for
four years.
AS early as 1896 Mr.. Cummings was
the Democratic candidate for Secre-
tary of State of Connecticut, and in
1902 was nominated for Congressman
at Large. In each of these elections
he received the highest vote cast for
any candidate OIL his party's ticket.
He has twice been the Democratic can
didate for United States Senator. In
1910, before nominations were made
by direct popular vote, MI. Cummings
was the unanimous choice of the Dem
ocratic members of the General AS
sembly, and in 1916, when a candidate,
he received the highest vote given any
one on the ticket.
In addition to his election as can
didate for purely public offices, Mr..
Cummings has been recognized by his
party by his selection to responsible
positions in its own organization and
councils. He was delegate-at-large to
the Democratic National Conventions
of 1900 and 1904. By successive ap-
p%ointments he has been a member of
the Democratic. National Committee
since 1900. He was chairman of the
Speakers Bureau during the cam
paigns of 1903, 1872 and 1916, and has
been a member of the Executive Com
mittee since 1913. In 1913 he was
unanimously elected vice-chairman,
and for the last several months has
been acting chairman of the National
Committee.
His political ability and activity are
indicated by the many positions of
honor and responsibility to which his
party has chosen Mr.. Cummings. His
long career as National Committeeman
has been marked by a thorough I'M
derstanding and grasp of current poll
teal and economic issues and by ma
tive leadership.
Mr.. Cummings obtained his prepar-
atory education at The Heathcote
School at Buffalo, N. Y. He then en-
tered Yale University, from which he
was graduated in 1891 with a bache-
lor's degree in Philosophy. Continu-
ing at the Yale Law School, he recelv-
ed the degree LIB. in 1898. In the
same year he was admitted to the Con-
necticut bar, and began at once active
practice in Stamford, where he has
ever since maintained his principal law
offices. He has achieved a high place
in his profession and has appeared in
many cases of great significance.
In 1895 Mr.. Cummings entered the
law firm of Fessenden, Cater q Cum
mings. He retained that association
until 1900, when he engaged in prac-
tice alone. After nine years-on Sep
TENDER /, 1919-he formed the firm OF
Cummings & Lockwood. George Pratt
Ingersoll, former United States Min
lister to Siam, is also a member of this
! firm. In this partnership Mr.. Cum
mings has continued his practice,
which has reached large proportions
and comprehends widely varied lines
of important litigation. Mr.. Cum
mings is also a member of the New
York bar and is associated with the
firm of Rambaut & McDavitt. He is
a member of the American Bar Asso-
citation and is States Attorney fol
Fairfield County, Connecticut. He Is
widely known as a public speaker OF
exceptional ability.
During the period of the war he was
a member of the Connecticut State
Council of Defense and was very &C
tive in it's work.
Mr.. Cummings was born in Chicago.
Ill, April 80, 1870. He is the son OF
Uriah and Audie Schuyler (Stllle)
Cummings. Of his ancestry, the pa
ternal family, during the Revolution;
living at Bennington, Vermont, IS OF
English and Scotch extraction, while
the maternal branch is tracked back tc
England, France, and Holland. Mr.
Cummings Is a member OF the Ma SOM
Fraternity, the Odd Fellows, Elks
Eagles, Knights of Pythias, Royal Ar
canum and the Knights of the Mao
cabees.