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Rufus Choate (/ tʃ oʊ t /) (October 1, 1799 – July 13, 1859) was an American lawyer, orator, and Senator who represented Massachusetts as a member of the Whig Party.He is regarded as one of the greatest American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over a thousand cases in a lifetime practice extending to virtually every branch of the law then recognized.
Choate House is a historic house on Choate Island in the Crane Wildlife Refuge, Essex, Massachusetts, owned and administered by the nonprofit Trustees of Reservations. Choate House was built around 1730, was the birthplace of lawyer and public citizen Rufus Choate (1799–1859), and has remained virtually unchanged for over two centuries.
The Rufus Choate House is a historic house at 14 Lynde Street in Salem, Massachusetts. [2] It is primarily recognized for its association with lawyer and Federalist Party politician Rufus Choate (1799-1859), who lived here from about 1825 to 1834.
Choate House may refer to: Choate House (New York), the former residence of Dr. George C. S. Choate at Pace University; Choate House (Randallstown, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland; Choate House (Massachusetts), a historic house in Essex, Massachusetts, birthplace of lawyer and public citizen Rufus Choate.
The statue is made of bronze and depicts a standing Choate holding papers in his left hand and grabbing his lapel with his right. [6] The front of the pedestal bears the following inscription: [3] RUFUS CHOATE / 1799–1859 / ERECTED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON / WITH MONEY BEQUEATHED / FOR THE PURPOSE BY / GEORGE B. HYDE
Choate-Caldwell House (also known as the Within These Walls exhibit) is a historic eighteenth-century New England colonial house (c. 1710/1760) that was originally located 16 Elm Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Webster's intellectual and political heir was Rufus Choate, who admired Burke. [relevant?] [10] Choate was a part of the emerging legal culture in New England, centered on the newly formed Harvard Law School. He believed that lawyers were preservers and conservers of the Constitution and that it was the duty of the educated to govern political ...
There were 5,290 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 8.4% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 34.6% were non-families. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or ...