Joseph Hodges Choate

Background

Choate, Joseph Hodges was born on February 2, 1876 in New York City. Son of Joseph Hodges and Caroline Dutcher (Sterling) Choate.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1897, Bachelor of Laws, 1902.

Career

Admitted to New York bar, 1902. And began practice of law at New York City. Member firm Choate, Byrd, Leon, & Garretson.

Trustee Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Bank of New New York

Governor New York Hospital, conducted chemical secretary Alien Property Custodians Bureau, 1918-1919. One of founders Chemical Foundation, formed to protect results obtained by bureau.

Chairman Federal Alcohol Control Administration, 1933-1935.

Achievements

• Joseph Hodges Choate has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as third secretary of the United States Embassy, London, 1899-1901. Member firm Choate, Byrd, Leon, & Garretson. Member of New York State Bar Association, Bar City of New New New York

Clubs: Harvard, Knickerbocker.

Connections

Married Cora Lyman Oliver, June 6, 1903. Children: Marion (Mistress Charles Barney Harding), Helen (Mistress Geoffrey Platt), Priscilla (Mistress North. Penrose Hallowell, Junior.

Father:

Joseph Hodges Choate

Mother:

Caroline Dutcher (Sterling) Choate

Spouse:

Cora Lyman Oliver

child:

Marion Choate (Mistress Charles Barney Harding)

child:

Junior Choate

child:

Priscilla (Mistress North. Penrose Hallowell Choate

child:

Helen Choate (Mistress Geoffrey Platt)