. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. was chosen to fill theunexpired term of United States Senator, and itwas largely through his efforts that the State ofConnecticut was able to establish its claim to theWestern Reserve tract in Ohio. For a time JudgeMitchell held a seat ex-officio as a Fellow of Yale,and received from that University the degree ofDoctor of Laws in 1807. He was chosen a Presi-dential Elector in 1805. His death occurred atWethersfiel
. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. was chosen to fill theunexpired term of United States Senator, and itwas largely through his efforts that the State ofConnecticut was able to establish its claim to theWestern Reserve tract in Ohio. For a time JudgeMitchell held a seat ex-officio as a Fellow of Yale,and received from that University the degree ofDoctor of Laws in 1807. He was chosen a Presi-dential Elector in 1805. His death occurred atWethersfield, September 30, 1835. TAPPAN, John Butler Coles Yale 1880 — Columbia in Dosoris, N. Y., i860; graduated Yale, 1880;Columbia Law School, 1882; has since practised hisprofession in New York City. JOHN BUTLER COLES TAPPAN, Lawyer, wasborn in Dosoris, Long Island, New York, sonof Dr. DeWitt and Margaret (Coles) paternal ancestry is Dutch, the DeWitts andTappans being two of the oldest of the Knicker-bocker families of New York ; and members of bothserved with distinction in the Continental .•\rmyduring the War of the Revolution. On the mater-. JOHN B. COLES T.\PP.\N nal side Mr. Tappan is of English ancestry, but theColes family has also been long domiciled in NewYork. He graduated from Yale with the degree ofBachelor of Arts in 1880, and two years later fromthe Columbia Law School with the degree of Bache-lor of Laws. He was admitted to the Bar of theState of New York in January 1883, and has sincepractised his profession in New York City, withmarked distinction and success. Mr. Tappan is amember of the Yale, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht,Nassau Country and Mill Neck Fishing Clubs,and is a Republican in politics, though he takesno active part in party work. He married. May21, 18S5, Caroline Alice Titus. They have nochildren. UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS 315 SMITH, Walter Snowdon Yale in Cincinnati, O., 1856; educated in BlissSchool
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