Background
Pepper, George Wharton was born on March 16, 1867 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Hitty Markoe (Wharton) Pepper.
Pepper, George Wharton was born on March 16, 1867 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Hitty Markoe (Wharton) Pepper.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1887, Bachelor of Laws, 1889, Doctor of Laws, 1907. Doctor of Civil Law, University of the South, 1908. Doctor of Laws, Yale, 1914.
Doctor of Civil Law, Trinity, 1918.
Doctor of Laws, University of Pittsburgh, 1921, Lafayette College, University of Rochester and Pennsylvania Military College, 1922, Kenyon College, 1924, Bucknell University, 1926, Williams College, 1936, Rutgers College, 1940. Hahnemann Medical College, 1942.
Doctor of Laws, University of Toronto, 1944, Jefferson Medical College, 1952.
Member Pepper Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia. Appointed United States senator, to fill vacancy caused by death of Boies Penrose, January, 1922, and elected term ending 1927. Former member Republican National Committee Algernon Sydney Biddle professor of law, University of Pennsylvania, 1893-1910.
Lyman Beecher, lecturer, Yale, 1915.
Associate fellow, Berkeley College, Yale University Trustee University of Pennsylvania.
Member Pepper Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia. Appointed United States senator, to fill vacancy caused by death of Boies Penrose, January, 1922, and elected term ending 1927. Former; Member Academie Diplomatique Internationale, American Philosophical Society, American Law Institute, Franklin Institute.
Former chancellor, Philadelphia Bar Association.
Married Charlotte R. Fisher, November 25, 1890 (deceased). Children: Mistress Adeline Newbold, Mistress Eleanor Newbold (deceased), George Wharton (deceased).