. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Springfield bar in later years, was a son of Mas-ter George Bliss. Samuel Lathrop. fourth son of Rev. Joseph Lathrop, wasborn in West Springfield in 1771, and died in 1846. He was agraduate of Yale college in 1792, and soon aftenvard entered theprofession in which he acqiiired a standing of prominence. Hewas ten years in the state senate, and president of that body in1819 and 1820. He was in the lower hoiise of the federal con-gress from 1818 to 1824. and once was a candidate for the gover-norship of Massachusetts. Du
. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Springfield bar in later years, was a son of Mas-ter George Bliss. Samuel Lathrop. fourth son of Rev. Joseph Lathrop, wasborn in West Springfield in 1771, and died in 1846. He was agraduate of Yale college in 1792, and soon aftenvard entered theprofession in which he acqiiired a standing of prominence. Hewas ten years in the state senate, and president of that body in1819 and 1820. He was in the lower hoiise of the federal con-gress from 1818 to 1824. and once was a candidate for the gover-norship of Massachusetts. During the latter part of his life engaged chiefly in agricultural pursuits. Isaac C. Bates is remembered as one of the most scholarlyand polished orators of the bar in his time, and had not his tastesled him to devote much attention to agricultural pursuits he un-doubtedly woiild have stood at the head of his profession in West-ern Massachusetts. However, he seemed naturally to shrink fromthe bitter legal contest, yet when once thoroughly interested in a ( 314 ). (ieor^e A^hniunA Icailcr uf tin- oM Imr on: rorxTY am> its people case his latent power became apparent and he stood almost peer-less as an advocate. Mr. Bates was educated in Yale college andwas admitted to practice in the Supreme court in 1807. Heserved several terms in congress, and in 1841-44 was in the UnitedStates senate. On the occasion of his death his eulogist was Dan-iel Webster, liis friend and colleague. George Ashmun was for many years a leading member of theHampden bar, yet his professional career was begun in Hamp-shire county. He was graduated at Yale college in 1823, and wasadmitted to the bar at Northampton in 1880. In the course of afew years he Idiioved to Springfield and afterwaid, until hisdeath in 1870, he was one of the most conspicuous figures inHampden professional and political circles. He spent manyyears in congress, in the house of representatives, and even whenno
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