Background
Mccarter, Robert Harris was born on April 28, 1859 in Newton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Thomas N. and Mary Louise (Haggerty) M.
Mccarter, Robert Harris was born on April 28, 1859 in Newton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Thomas N. and Mary Louise (Haggerty) M.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1879, Doctor of Laws honoris causa, 1904. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1882. Doctor of Laws honoris causa, New Jersey Law School, 1935.
Admitted to bar, 1882, and began practice at Newark, New Jersey. Senior member McCarter & English. Attorney-general of New Jersey, 1903-1908.
Trustee Newark Museum Association.
Member McCarter & English.
Married Mary Bouvier Peterson, October 12, 1886. Children: George West. C., Mistress Eleanor Young.