Henry Hitchcock (Missouri lawyer)
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Henry Hitchcock was a lawyer
from St. Louis, Missouri
. An early president of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
, Hitchcock was a co-founder of the American Bar Association
in 1878. He later became the twelfth president of the association in 1889.
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
from St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. An early president of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis was founded in 1874 by some 100 members of the St. Louis bench and bar. BAMSL currently has over 6,000 members and a vast network of committees and sections.-History:...
, Hitchcock was a co-founder of the American Bar Association
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
in 1878. He later became the twelfth president of the association in 1889.
Further reading
- Bar Association of St. Louis, Memorial. Henry Hitchcock, 1829-1902, 1902.
- Walter B. Stevens, Centennial History of Missouri, St. Louis: S. J. Clarke, 1921, Vol. II, pp. 164-165.