Background
Choate, William Gardner was born on August 30, 1830 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate.
Choate, William Gardner was born on August 30, 1830 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1852, Bachelor of Laws, 1854, Master of Arts, 1860.
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Choate received an Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1852 and an Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1854. He was in private practice in Danvers, Massachusetts from 1855 to 1857, then in Salem, Massachusetts until 1865, and then in New York City from 1865 to 1878. On March 14, 1878, Choate was nominated by President Rutherford B. Hayes to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Samuel Blatchford.
Choate was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 25, 1878, and received his commission the same day.
Choate served on the court for only three years, resigning on June 1, 1881. He resumed his private practice in New York City from 1881 to 1920.
He founded the Choate School (later Choate Rosemary Hall) in 1896, and from 1902 to 1903 he served as president of the New York City Bar Association. He died in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Member Choate, Larocque & Mitchell. United States district judge, Southern District, New York, 1878-1881. President Harvard.
Married Mary Lyman Atwater, June 29, 1870.
