Background
He was born on August 27, 1869, in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the son of James B. Mitchell and Emma (Henry) Mitchell.
He was born on August 27, 1869, in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the son of James B. Mitchell and Emma (Henry) Mitchell.
He attended Grammar School Number. 61, and graduated from City College of New York in 1888. He attended Columbia Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1891, and practiced in New York City.
The contest went to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division which decided in favor of Mitchell. On November 2, 1900, the New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division and ordered that Hennessy"s name be placed on the ballot. Mitchell was Assistant Corporation Counsel in charge of the Bronx from 1904.
First Assistant District Attorney of Bronx County until 1916.
And a Justice of the New York Supreme Court (1st Doctorate) from 1917 until his death in 1933. He died on February 12, 1933, in Manhattan, of a stroke.
Mitchell was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Company, 35th Doctorate) in 1898. And a member of the New York State Senate (21st Doctorate) in 1899 and 1900.