Background
Steele, Hiram Roswell was born on July 10, 1842 in Stanstead, Canada. Son of Sanford and Mary (Hinman) Steele.
Steele, Hiram Roswell was born on July 10, 1842 in Stanstead, Canada. Son of Sanford and Mary (Hinman) Steele.
Academic education, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont. Captain Company K, 10th Vermont Infantry, August 12, 1862. Bvtd. major volumes, December 19, 1865, “for faithful services in subsistence department”.
Honorary mustered out, January 4, 1866.
Admitted to bar, 1868. Judge Parish Court, Louisiana, 1868-1872. Judge Superior Criminal Court, New Orleans, 1875-1876.
District attorney, Louisiana, 1872-1875.
Assistant attorney general of Louisiana, 1875. Member Louisiana Constitutional conversations, 1868, 79.
In law practice at New York, since 1890. Senior, Steele, DeFriese & Steele.
Trustee New York Life Insurance Company, South Brooklyn Savings Institution District attorney Kings Company, 1899.
Member Louisiana.
Married Mary East. Porter, September 19, 1877.