New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . secondWard, and largely interested in the educational affairs of thecity; is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and undertwo administrations has been United States Commissionerof Jurors. FREDERICK G. GEDNEY. Among the native New Yorkers who have gained honorand distinction in the legal and jiolitical fields of this city,State and county, the name of Frederick G. Gedney, coun-sellor-at-law, occupies a foremost and representative posi-tion. This gentleman was admitted to the bar in 1862, andon the day following his admission
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . secondWard, and largely interested in the educational affairs of thecity; is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and undertwo administrations has been United States Commissionerof Jurors. FREDERICK G. GEDNEY. Among the native New Yorkers who have gained honorand distinction in the legal and jiolitical fields of this city,State and county, the name of Frederick G. Gedney, coun-sellor-at-law, occupies a foremost and representative posi-tion. This gentleman was admitted to the bar in 1862, andon the day following his admission marched to the war withhis regiment, the Thirty-seventh, N. Y. N. G. In 1865 hewent into journalism, and was employed at various timesupon the Times and the Tribune as a writer in the city de-partments. In 1867 he was appointed United StatesWeigher under Collector Moses H. Grinnell ; was examinerin the .Appraisers office in 1871-2, and from 1873 to 1876was attorney to the Department of Buildings. In 1876 hewas elected Justice of the Eighth District Court, and per-. FKEDEKICK G. GEDNEY. formed his judicial duties with such wisdom and satisfac-tion that, in 1882, he was re-elected by the largest majorityever given in the Sixteenth and Twentieth Wards of thiscity, running ahead of his party ticket many thousandvotes. Judge Gedney was one of three men who organizedthe Republican Club of New York City in 1879, and waselected its first president, lie was re elected without op])o-sition, and declined a unanimous nomination for a thirdterm. His political, judicial and professional career hasbeen marked by the ])raciice of strict principles of integ-rity ; he jjlanned and carried out many desired reforms inthe District Court, and he is to-day recognized and respectedby the entire community as a brilliant lawyer, upright judge,honest official and patriotic citizen. He is a fine orator. and when taking part in political campaigns is in great de-mand. He is Past Master of Howard Lodge of
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