Background
Spencer, Selden Palmer was born on September 16, 1862 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Selden and Eliza Deborah (Palmer) Spencer.
Spencer, Selden Palmer was born on September 16, 1862 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Selden and Eliza Deborah (Palmer) Spencer.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1884. Bachelor of Laws, Washington University, 1886, Master of Arts, 1892, Doctor of Philosophy, 1896. Honorary Doctor of Medicine Missouri Medical College, 1896.
Doctor of Laws, Westminster, 1909.
In practice at St. Louis, since 1886.
Member Missouri House of Representatives, 1895-1896. Member American Bar Association (Executive Committee 1915-1917), Missouri Bar Association (president 1898), N.E. Society (president 1905), S.R. (president St. Louis Chapter, 1915.
Married Susan M. Brookes, December 8, 1886.