. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . tory. He studiedlaw in the office ofJohn C. Ropes andJohn C. Gray for ayear, then attendedthe Harvard L a wSchool two years,and was graduatedin 1873, being ad-mitted to the Suffolkbar the same then travelled inEurope until the au-tumn of 1875, whenhe returned to Bos-ton and began thepractice of law,which he continueduntil April, 1889,when he was ap-pointed by PresidentHarrison assistantsecretary of state ofthe United served five suc-cessiv
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . tory. He studiedlaw in the office ofJohn C. Ropes andJohn C. Gray for ayear, then attendedthe Harvard L a wSchool two years,and was graduatedin 1873, being ad-mitted to the Suffolkbar the same then travelled inEurope until the au-tumn of 1875, whenhe returned to Bos-ton and began thepractice of law,which he continueduntil April, 1889,when he was ap-pointed by PresidentHarrison assistantsecretary of state ofthe United served five suc-cessive terms in theBoston C o m m o nCouncil, 18S0 to 1884 inclusive, early developing a talent and tact for leadership among theminority of that body, where his indefatigable and dig-nified efforts saved his party from overwhelming disas-ter. From 1885 to 1888, inclusive, he was a member ofthe Massachusetts House of Representatives, serving in 1885 as House chairman of the Committee on Cities,and as member of the Committee on Rules of theHouse; and in 1886 and 1S87 as House chairman ofthe Committee on Railroads, and of the Joint Commit-. WILLIAM F. WHARTON tee on Rules and chairman of the Committee onHouse Rules; and in 1888 as chairman of the Judi-ciary Committee and the Committee on House Rules,and House chairman of the Committee on JointRules. In 1883 he was appointed by the mayor ofBoston one of the commissioners to revise the ordi-nances of the city. Before his appointment to hispresent position he had made international law a specialstudy for many years, and had written a treatise on the subject. He is alsothe editor of thesecond edition ofStory on Partner-ship. As assistantsecretary of stateMr. Wharton hashad partial or entirecharge of many diffi-cult negotiations, in-volving the interestand the good nameof the United the illness ofSecretary Blaine h a r t o n was forseveral months theacting head of theDepartment of State,and his handling ofthe Chilian ne
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