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William Evarts (1818-1901)
Served as U.S. Senator from New York, as a diplomatic envoy to Great Britain during the U.S. Civil War, as U.S. Attorney General, and as Secretary of State. He was counsel for President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial. As President of the New York Bar Association he led movements for legal reform, and fought against Boss Tweed's ring.
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John Hay (1838-1905)
He was the private secretary to Abraham Lincoln, and served as a governmental envoy to Madrid, Paris, and Vienna. He also served as ambassador to Great Britain and as Secretary of State, developing an "open door" policy toward China, and negotiating treaties that led to the construction of the Panama Canal. He was also a noted author of poetry, prose and a biography of Lincoln.
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Cassius Clay (1810-1903)
Despite being the son of a slaveholder, he became a noted anti-slavery leader and Abolitionist. He established an anti-slavery publication, "The True American". Clay was one of the founders of the Republican Party in 1854. He served as U.S. minister to Russia (1861-69) and helped negotiate the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. He was a relative of the Kentucky senator Henry Clay.
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Henry Clay (1777-1852)
Prominent U.S. Senator from Kentucky who also served as Secretary of State, and ran three times unsuccessfully for U.S. President. After the last failed attempt he was quoted as saying, "I would rather be right than be President". He was nicknamed The Great Compromiser after his skill as a negotiator, and The Sage of Ashland in reference to his Kentucky home.
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William Windom (1827-1891)
Congressman from Minnesota from 1859 to 1869. Windom was a
strong supporter of President Lincoln and later the Radical Republicans, with a special interest in Indian affairs. Elected to two terms U.S. Senator, becoming Chairman of the
Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees. Secretary of the Treasury under U.S. Presidents James Garfield and Benjamin Harrison.
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Joseph Choate (1832-1917)
He was a founder and President of the New York City Bar Association and President of the American Bar Association. Choate was an integral member of the committee that fought and brought down the Boss Tweed ring. In 1899, President McKinley made him ambassador to Great Britain, to succeed John Hay.
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Horace Boies (1827-1923)
In 1890 he was elected as the first Democratic governor of Iowa since before the Civil War, primarily because of his opposition to Prohibition. In the early 1870s Sioux City, Iowa was known as a riverboat headquarters, boasting 75 saloons, 2 breweries and several gambling and prostitution houses. As the rougher elements in the town increased, so did lawlessness. In 1882, the voters of Iowa had adopted a constitutional amendment prohibiting liquor sales. In 1892 Boies signed a law again legalizing sales of liquor in Iowa.
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Edward Tiffin (1766-1829)
An immigrant from England, he settled in Ohio. He was an attorney who also practiced medicine, a Methodist lay preacher, an elected member of the Ohio Legislature, and was elected as the first governor of Ohio in 1803. He resigned as governor in 1807 to become U.S. Senator. President James Madison appointed him commissioner of the General Land Office in 1812, and as Surveyor General in 1814. He is considered to be Ohio's first great stateman. The town of Tiffin in Ohio was named for him.
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James W. Bradbury (1802-1901)
He was editor of the Maine Patriot (1830-31), practiced law, and also served as Kennebec county's prosecuting attorney (1834-38). He served in the U.S. Senate (1847-53), and was a member of the Judiciary Committee throughout his tenure. He declined a second term, preferring to return to private practice.
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William Washburn (1831-1912)
Born in Maine, he practiced law in Minnesota. Served as United States Surveyor General under President Lincoln from 1861 to 1865. He then pursued business interests including newspapers, railways, and mills, and was elected to several terms in the state legislature. He was elected as U.S. Congressman in 1878, and reelected in 1880 and 1882, and then elected for one term to the United States Senate.
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