History of Paterson, (Passaic County) New Jersey United States of America

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William Butler Hornblower, lawyer, was born in Paterson, N.J., May 13, 1851; son of the Rev. Dr. William Henry and Matilda (Butler) Hornblower; grandson of Chief-Justice Joseph Coerton Hornblower and great grandson of Josiah Hornblower, delegate to the Continental congress, 1785-86. He was prepared for college in the collegiate school of George P. Quackenbos, in New York city; was graduated at the College of New Jersey, Princeton, A.B., 1871; A.M. 1874; and at Columbia Law school, LL.B., 1875, and practised in New York city. In 1890 Governor Hill appointed him a member of a commission to propose amendments to the judiciary articles of the state constitution. He was nominated by President Cleveland, Sept. 19, 1893, as associate justice of the supreme court of the United States to fill the place made vacant by the death of Mr. Justice Blatchford, but the senate refused to confirm the nomination, Jan. 15, 1894, by a vote of 30 to 24, on account of political opposition by the New York senators. He was elected president of the Princeton Alumni association, and secretary of the executive committee of the New York Bar association. He received the degree of LL.D. from Princeton in 1895. He contributed to the law journals, and published addresses: Is Codification of the Law Expedient (1888); Lawful Status of the Indians (1891), and numerous other addresses and articles.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Anson Herrick, representative, was born in Lewiston, Maine, Jan. 21, 1812; son of Ebenezer and Hannah (Molloy) Herrick, and grandson of John and Lydia (Graffam) Herick and of Hugh Molloy. He attended the public schools, served an apprenticeship to a printer and in 1833 established the Citizen at Wiseasset, Maine. He subsequently published papers at Hallowell and Bangor, but failed in the financial panic which prostrated the business of the lather town. He removed to New York in 1836 and worked as a journeyman printer until 1838, when he established the New York Atlas, a weekly newspaper, which he edited until his death. He was an alderman of New York city, 1854-56; naval storekeeper of the port of New York, 1857-61; a representative in the 38th congress, 1863-65, and was one of the few Democrats in the house who voted for the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery and thus secured its submission to the states. He was a delegate to the Philadelphia National Union convention of 1866. He was married to Lydia Wood, of Wiscasset, Maine, and their son, Carleton Moses Herrick (born in New York, Nov. 4, 1836) was graduated from Columbia, A.B., 1854, A.M., 1857, and LL.B., 1861; succeeded his father as editor and part proprietor of the New York Atlas; later removed to Paterson, N.J., and edited and published the daily and weekly Guardian, which he transferred to a stock company in 1899. Another son, Anson, born Dec. 26, 1838, was associated with his brother Carleton Moses on the Atlas and the Gaurdian, and died at Paterson, N.J., June 15, 1878. Anson Herrick, Sr., died in New York city, Feb. 6, 1868.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Thomas McEwan, representative, was born in Paterson, N.J., Feb. 26. 1854; son of Thomas and Hannah (Ledger) McEwan, and grandson of John and Janet (Parke) McEwan, and of Isaac and Elizabeth (Grant) Ledger of county Down, Ireland. He attended the public schools of Paterson and became a civil engineer. He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and practised in Jersey City, N.J., and in New York city. He was U.S. assessor of the 4th district, 1886-87; U.S. commissioner and chief supervisor of elections, 1892-93; secretary of the Hudson county Republican general committee, 1878-93, and a delegate to every Republican convention of Jersey City and Hudson county and to every state convention, 1877-92. He was a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1892 and 1896, and was a member of assembly in the state legislature in 1894, being chosen Republican leader of the house, an unusual honor for one serving his first term in the house. He was a Republican representative from the fifth New Jersey district in the 54th and 55th congresses, 1895-99.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Parke Godwin, journalist, was born in Paterson, N.J., Feb. 25, 1816; son of Abraham and Martha (Parke) Godwin, and grandson of Abraham Godwin, a soldier of the Revolution who entered the army when he was but eleven years old and served throughout the war. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1834 and was subsequently admitted to the bar in Kentucky. He was connected with the New York Evening Post, 1837-53, and again, 1865-81, first as sub-editor and afterward as managing editor. He also edited The Pathfinder for three months in 1843, contributed to the Democratic Review and was at one time associate editor of Putnam's Magazine. In 1845 he was appointed by President Polk deputy collector of customs for the port of New York, and served through the administration, In 1843 he was married to Fanny, daughter of William Cullen Bryant. About 1843 he translated many of the tales of Hienrick Zschokke and a little later the autobiography of Goethe in connection with Charles A. Dana and others. He published: Popular View of the Doctrines of Fourier (1844); Democracy, Pacific and Constructive (1844); Vala (1851); Handbook of Universal Biography (1851); Political Essays (1856); History of France (vol. I., 1861); Cyclop?dia of Biography (1865); Out of the Past (1870); and The Life and Works of William Cullen Bryant (edited, 6 vols., 1884).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor