1. 1878-79-*JAMES O. BROADHEAD1.

St. Louis, Missouri.

2. 1879-80-*BENJAMIN H. BRISTOW...... New York, New York.

3. 1880-81-*EDWARD J. PHELPS....
4. 1881-82-*CLARKSON N. POTTER
5. 1882-83-*ALEXANDER R. LAWTON.
6. 1883-84-*CORTLANDT PARKER
7. 1884-85-*JOHN W. STEVENSON.
8. 1885-86-*WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER.
9. 1886-87-*THOMAS J. SEMMES.
10. 1887-88-*George G. WRIGHT.
11. 1888-89-*DAVID DUDLEY FIELD.
12. 1889-90-*HENRY HITCHCOCK
13. 1890-91-SIMEON E. BALDWIN.
14. 1891-92-*JOHN F. DILLON..

15. 1892-93-*JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER.
16. 1893-94-*THOMAS M. COOLEY3.
17. 1894-95-*JAMES C. CARTER..
18. 1895-96-MOORFIELD STOREY
19. 1896-97-*JAMES M. WOOLWORTH.
20. 1897-98-*WILLIAM WIRT HOWE.
21. 1898-99-JOSEPH H. CHOATE...

Burlington, Vermont. .. New York, New York. ...Savannah, Georgia.

22. 1899-1900-*CHARLES F. MANDERSON... 23. 1900-1901-EDMUND WETMORE

24. 1901-1902-*U. M. ROSE...

25. 1902-1903-FRANCIS RAWLE

26. 1903-1904-*JAMES HAGERMAN

27. 1904-1905-HENRY ST. GEO. TUCKER.

28. 1905-1906-GEORGE R. PECK...

29. 1906-1907-ALTON B. PARKER..

30. 1907-1908-J. M. DICKINSON.

...

Newark, New Jersey.

. Covington, Kentucky.
New York, New York.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Des Moines, Iowa.
New York, New York.
St. Louis, Missouri.
New Haven, Connecticut.
New York, New York.
Lexington, Virginia.
Ann Arbor, Michigan.
New York, New York.
Boston, Massachusetts.
Omaha, Nebraska.

New Orleans, Louisiana.
New York, New York.
Omaha, Nebraska.

New York, New York.
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
St. Louis, Missouri.
Lexington, Virginia.

Chicago, Illinois.

New York, New York.
Chicago, Illinois.

. Portland, Maine.

New Orleans, Louisiana.

. Chicago, Illinois.

31. 1908-1909-FREDERICK W. LEHMANN... . St. Louis, Missouri.
32. 1909-1910-*CHARLES F. LIBBY..
33. 1910-1911-EDGAR H. FARRAR.
34. 1911-1912-STEPHEN S. GREGORY,
35. 1912-1913-FRANK B. KELLOGG.
36. 1913-1914-WILLIAM H. TAFT..
37. 1914-1915-PETER W. MELDRIM.
38. 1915-1916-ELIHU ROOT

* Deceased.

. St. Paul, Minnesota.

.New Haven, Connecticut.
Savannah, Georgia.

New York, New York.

1 At the Conference for organizing the Association in 1878, John H. B. Latrobe, of Maryland, was elected Temporary Chairman, and when the organization was completed, Benjamin II. Bristow, of Kentucky, was elected President of the Conference.

2 In consequence of the death of Clarkson N. Potter, Francis Kernan, of New York, presided and prepared and delivered the President's Address in 1882. In consequence of the illness of Thomas M. Cooley, Samuel F. Hunt, of Ohio, presided and read the President's Address prepared by Judge Cooley in 1894.

In consequence of the absence of Joseph H. Choate, as Ambassador to Great Britain, Charles F. Manderson, of Nebraska, presided and prepared and delivered the President's Address in 1899.

LIST OF SECRETARIES

1. 1878-93-*EDWARD OTIS HINKLEY 1..... Baltimore, Maryland. 2. 1893-1909-JOHN HINKLEY 2

Baltimore, Maryland.

1 In 1878, Francis Rawle, of Pennsylvania, and Isaac Grant Thompson, of New York, acted as temporary Secretaries and as Secretaries of the Conference. In 1886, Edward Otis Hinkley being absent, Walter George Smith, of Pennsylvania, acted as Secretary pro tempore.

In 1898, John Hinkley being absent, George P. Wanty, of Michigan, acted as Secretary pro tempore.

3 In 1913, by virtue of amendment to Constitution, the Executive Committee elected two Assistant Secretaries.

LIST OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. 1878-87-*LUKE P. POLAND..

2. 1878-88-SIMEON E. BALDWIN 1.
3. 1878-80-*WILLIAM A. FISHER.
4. 1880-85-*WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER.
5. 1885-90-*CHARLES C. BONNEY1
6. 1887-96-*GEORGE A. MERCER.

7. 1888-90-*JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER.
8. 1890-91-*WILLIAM P. WELLS.
9. 1890-99-ALFRED HEMENWAY
10. 1891-95-*BRADLEY G. SCHLEY.
11. 1895-99-CHARLES CLAFLIN ALLEN.
12. 1896-97-*WILLIAM WIRT HOWE.
13. 1897-1900-CHARLES NOBLE GREGORY...
14. 1899-1900-EDMUND WETMORE
15. 1899-1901-*U. M. ROSE...

16. 1899-1902-WILLIAM A. KETCHAM.

17. 1899-1902-HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER..
18. 1900-1903-RODNEY A. MERCUR.
19. 1900-1903-*CHARLES F. LIBBY.
20. 1901-1903-*JAMES HAGERMAN
21. 1902-1905-P. W. MELDRIM...
22. 1902-1905-PLATT ROGERS
23. 1903-1906-M. F. DICKINSON.

24. 1903-1906-THEODORE S. GARNETT.
25. 1903-1906-WILLIAM P. BREEN.
26. 1905-1908-CHARLES MONROE
27. 1905-1908-*RALPH W. BRECKENRIDGE..
28. 1906-1909-*CHARLES F. LIBBY..
29. 1906-1909-WALTER GEORGE SMITH.
30. 1906-1909-ROME G. BROWN.
31. 1908-1911-WILLIAM O. HART.

32. 1908-1911-CHARLES HENRY BUTLER.
33. 1909-1912-JOHN HINKLEY

......

34. 1909-1912-*RALPH W. BRECKENRIDGE..

35. 1909-1912-LYNN HELM

36. 1911-1914-HOLLIS R. BAILEY.
37. 1911-1914-*ALDIS B. BROWNE.
38. 1912-1915-WILLIAM H. BURGES.
39. 1912-1915-JOHN H. VOORHEES.
40. 1912-1915-WILLIAM H. STAAKE.
41. 1913-1914-*ALBERT W. BIGGS".
42. 1913- WILLIAM C. NIBLACK.
SELDEN P. SPENCER.
WILLIAM P. BYNUM.

43. 1914

44. 1914

St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
.New Haven, Connecticut.
Baltimore, Maryland.
New York, New York.
Chicago, Illinois.
Savannah, Georgia.
Lexington, Virginia.
Detroit, Michigan.

. Boston, Massachusetts.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
St. Louis, Missouri.
.New Orleans, Louisiana.
Madison, Wisconsin.
New York, New York.
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Lexington, Virginia.
Towanda, Pennsylvania.
Portland, Maine.

. St. Louis, Missouri.
Savannah, Georgia.
Denver, Colorado.
Boston, Massachusetts.
Norfolk, Virginia.
Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Los Angeles, California.
Omaha, Nebraska.
Portland, Maine.
.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
New York, New York.
Baltimore, Maryland.
Omaha, Nebraska.
Los Angeles, California.
Boston, Massachusetts.
Washington, D. C.

El Paso, Texas.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Memphis, Tennessee. Chicago, Illinois.

St. Louis, Missouri.

Greensboro, North Carolina.
Washington, D. C.

. Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Boston, Massachusetts.
Topeka, Kansas.

1 In 1888, at the first meeting of the Executive Committee after the adjournment of the Association, Simeon E. Baldwin resigned, and Charles C. Bonney was chosen to fill the vacancy under By-Law X.

In 1913, by virtue of amendment to Constitution, the number of elective members of Executive Committee was increased from five to seven.

LIST OF PLACES OF MEETING AND ATTENDANCE

Meeting. Year.

Date.

1....1878....Aug. 21, 22. 2....1879. .Aug. 20, 21.

4.

Place.

Attendance. Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 75 .Saratoga Springs, N. Y. (no record) Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 97 .Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 124

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 124 Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 137 ..Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 149

3....1880....Aug. 18, 19, 20. .1881....Aug. 17, 18, 19. 5....1882....Aug. 8, 9, 10, 11....Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 107 6....1883....Aug. 22, 23, 24.....Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 120 7....1884.... .Aug. 20, 21, 22..... .Saratoga Springs, N. Y. ... 108 8. .1885. .Aug. 19, 20, 21. 9....1886....Aug. 18, 19, 20. 10....1887. Aug. 17, 18, 19. 11....1888....Aug. 15, 16, 17.. 12....1889..... .Aug. 28, 29, 30. 13....1890.. Aug. 20, 21, 22. 14....1891....Aug. 26, 27, 28. 15....1892..... .Aug. 24, 25, 26. 16....1893.. .Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1.Milwaukee, Wis. ....1894....Aug. 22, 23, 24.....Saratoga Springs, N. Y. .Aug. 27, 28, 29, 30..Detroit, Mich.

18....1895.

Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 121
Chicago, Ill.

...Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
..Boston, Mass.

. Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

158

132

202

143

130

140

199

19....1896..

20. .1897.

.Aug. 19, 20, 21.....Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 276
.Aug. 25, 26, 27.

31. .1908. .Aug. 25, 26, 27, 28..Seattle, Washington
32....1909....Aug. 24, 25, 26, 27.. Detroit, Michigan
33....1910. .Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1. Chattanooga, Tennessee
.1911. .Aug. 29, 30, 31.....Boston, Mass.
35....1912....Aug. 27, 28, 29.. ..Milwaukee, Wis.

36.

...1913.... .Sept. 1, 2, 3. 37....1914....Oct. 20, 21, 22.. 38....1915....Aug. 17, 18, 19.

. Montreal, Canada
Washington, D. C..
Salt Lake City, Utah.

.1184 ..... 531

.St. Paul, Minn..

369

402

312

389

324

625

558

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CONSTITUTION

NAME AND OBJECT.

"THE

ARTICLE I.-This Association shall be known as AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION." Its object shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP.

ARTICLE II. Any person shall be eligible to membership in this Association who shall be, and shall, for five years next preceding, have been a member in good standing of the Bar of any state, and who shall also be nominated as hereinafter provided.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.

ARTICLE III.-The following officers shall be elected at each Annual Meeting for the year ensuing: A President (the same person shall not be elected President two years in succession); one Vice-President from each state; a Secretary; a Treasurer; a Council, consisting of one member from each state (the Council shall be a Standing Committee on Nominations for office); an Executive Committee, which shall consist of the President, the last ex-President, the Secretary and the Treasurer, all of whom shall be, ex-officio, members, together with seven' other members, to be chosen by the Association, but no member shall be eligible to such choice more than three years in succession; and the President, and in his absence the ex-President, shall be the Chairman of the committee. There shall be one or more1 Assistant Secretaries, who shall be elected by the Executive Committee, and shall hold office at the pleasure of that committee."

1 Amended September 1, 1913.

? Amended August 19, 1898, and August 30, 1899.

Amended August 25, 1909.