Background
Ordway, Samuel Hanson was born on June 8, 1860 in New York City. Son of Aaron Lucius and Frances Ellen (Hanson) Ordway.
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Samuel Hanson Ordway
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1880 (valedictorian), Doctor of Laws, 1917. Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1883.
Career
Practiced in New York City, since 1884. Member Spencer, Ordway & Wierum. Assistant district attorney, New York Company, 1901.
Member Commission to Revise Tax Laws of New York State, 1906.
Member of commission appointed by Governor Hughes to investigate speculation in securities and commodities, 1909. Active in civil service reform work and for many years chairman of the executive committee Civil Service Reform Association.
President New York State Civil Service Commission, 1915-1917. Justice Supreme Court of New York, 1917.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the United States district Board for New York City (selective service board), 1918.
Connections
Married Frances Hunt Throop, May 30, 1894. Children: Frances Hanson (deceased), Samuel Hanson.
