Background
Elder, Samuel James was born on January 4, 1850 in Hopeville, Rhode Island, United States. Son of James and Deborah (Keen) Elder.
Elder, Samuel James was born on January 4, 1850 in Hopeville, Rhode Island, United States. Son of James and Deborah (Keen) Elder.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1873 (Doctor of Laws, 1908).
Admitted to bar, 1875 and began practice at Boston. Member firm Elder, Whitman & Barnum. One of senior counsel for United States before The Hague Tribunal in the North. Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration with Great Britain, 1910.
Member Massachusetts House Republican, 1885. President Boston Bar Association.
Married Lilla South. Thomas, May 10, 1876 (died August 13, 1907).