Background
Hotchkiss, William Horace was born on September 7, 1864 in Whitehall, New York, United States. Son of Mason King and Rachel Amanda (Merriam) Hotchkiss.
Hotchkiss, William Horace was born on September 7, 1864 in Whitehall, New York, United States. Son of Mason King and Rachel Amanda (Merriam) Hotchkiss.
Bachelor of Arts, Hamilton College, 1886, A.M., 1889, Doctor of Laws, 1929.
Practiced at Auburn, New York, 1888-1890, Buffalo, 1890-1909, New York City, since 1912. Organizer American Savings Bank, Buffalo. Active in drafting first primary election law in New York, 1892-1898, first motor vehicle laws, 1903, important improvements to bankruptcy law, 1903.
Commissioner for New York on Uniform State Laws, 1907-1909. Superintendent of insurance of New York (under appointment of Governor Charles E. Hughes), 1909-1912. Referee in bankruptcy for Erie County (Buffalo), 1898-1909.
Member of New York State Insurance Board, 1933-1945. Lecturer many years on bankruptcy law in Cornell Univercity Law School, New York Law School, and Buffalo Law School State chairman Progressive Party, 1912. Signed call for nat. convention to organize Progressive Party, Chicago, 1912.
Member American, New York State bar associations, Bar Association Erie County (president 1908-1909), Association Bar City New York Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Psi Fraternity. President New York State Automobile Association, 1904-1906, American Automobile Association, 1907-1909. Clubs: Buffalo Lawyers (president 1905), Automobile of Buffalo (president 1903-1904).
Married Katherine Tremaine Bush, April. Children: Katherine (Mistress.