Background
Truax, Chauncey Shaffer was born on March 11, 1854 in Durhamville, New York, United States. Son of Henry Philip and Sarah A. (Shaffer) Truax.
Truax, Chauncey Shaffer was born on March 11, 1854 in Durhamville, New York, United States. Son of Henry Philip and Sarah A. (Shaffer) Truax.
Graduate Hamilton College, 1875, Doctor of Laws, 1901, graduate Columbia Law School, 1877.
Admitted to bar, 1877. Instructor international and commercial law, Robert College, Constantinople, Turkey, 1877-1879. In practice in New York, since 1879.
Delegate to New York Constitutional Convention, 1894.
Member of committee of 100.
Married Alice M. Hawley, September 30, 1886.