New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . Hon. James , now one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Ver-mont. He was admitted to the Vermont bar in WindhamCounty at the September term in 1864 and began practiceat Wilmington, subsequently removing to Bennington,where he practiced for a period of four years. At thesession of the Legislature of Vermont in 1864 he waselected (lerk of the House of Representatives, beingthe youngest ])erson who ever held that office, and wasunanimously re-elei ted for the succeeding four the first session of the Porty-fir
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . Hon. James , now one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Ver-mont. He was admitted to the Vermont bar in WindhamCounty at the September term in 1864 and began practiceat Wilmington, subsequently removing to Bennington,where he practiced for a period of four years. At thesession of the Legislature of Vermont in 1864 he waselected (lerk of the House of Representatives, beingthe youngest ])erson who ever held that office, and wasunanimously re-elei ted for the succeeding four the first session of the Porty-first Congress, con-vening in 1869, he was appointed ])rinci])al clerk of theUnited States Senate, which office he held through succeed-ing Congresses until the spring of 1878, when he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of theUnited States in 1870, and on terminating his connectionwith the United States Senate resumed his law practice inWashington and New York, giving special attention tointernational ([ucstions arising under treaties between the. JOHN 11. FLAGG. United States and foreign powers and kindred Flagg was jjrominent in formulating the earlier legisla-tion of Congress defining the relation of our Governmentto the Geneva Award fund, and subseipiently prosecuted toa successful termination a large number of claims arisingunder said treaty. Removing to New York in the year1880, he has not only continued his ])ractice before theFederal courts and the departments at Washington, but hasgiven much attention to corporate law, receiving a lucrativeincome therefrom, being steadily employed by various cor-porations prominent throughout the country. He is anaccepted authority on the law of parliamentary procedureas well as international law, and has had important foreignas well as domestic clients in this latter branch of practice,to which so few lawyers seem to have given any specialattention. He is a member of the Union Club ofNew York Ci
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