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been added to the list of non-residents : locality were better known or more highly The Hon. Benjamin F. Thurston, George respected, and none attracted a more desir S. Potter, Esq., Albert H. Walker, Esq., able clientage. Judge Boardman became a Prof. Marshall D. Ewell, the Hon. Orlow member of the Supreme Court Jan. 1, 1866, W. Chapman, the Hon. Alfred C. Coxe, and and from that time until 1887, when he re tired from the bench, was in continuous ser the Hon. Goodwin Brown. This article would certainly be incomplete vice in that tribunal. He brought to the discharge of his duties a temperament emi without at least a brief reference to the ca reer and position of different members of nently fitted for a judicial career. Upon the

bench he was always the teaching force. modest but firm, tole The Hon. Douglas rant but at the same Boardman was born time independent. His Oct. 31, 1822, in the sterling integrity and town of Covert, Sen fearless performance eca County, N. Y. of duty on all occa He was graduated at sions secured for him Yale, in the class of the confidence and re 1 842. Soon after leav spect of his associates ing college, he began and of the bar. His his professional stud opinions, scattered ies, and was admitted through many vol to the bar in 1845. He umes of the Supreme settled in what was Court reports, indicate then the village of thorough research, Ithaca, and was very good sense, and soon in the enjoyment marked fairness of of an extended prac spirit. The Trustees tice. During theyears were certainly fortu 1848. 1849, and 1850 nate in securing a man he filled the office of of Judge Boardman's District Attorney of learning and experi Tompkins County in ence as the official a manner creditable DOUGLAS BOARDMAN. head of the school. to himself and highly It should be added satisfactory to the peo that for many years Judge Boardman has ple. His next public trust was that of County been an influential member of the Board of Judge, and the duties of this office were dis charged with marked care and ability during Trustees of the University, and that his ser the years 1852, 1853, 1854, and 1855. In the vices as chairman of the Finance Committee have been invaluable. year 1856 a law-partnership was formed be The Hon. Charles A. Collin is a native of tween Judge Boardman and Judge Finch, now western New York. He was graduated of the Court of Appeals and a member of the from Yale College in 1866. During the Law Faculty at Cornell. This business con nection continued until the year 1866. The four years following his graduation, he was firm of Boardman & Finch at once became a teacher in the Norwich (Conn.) Free Acad prominent in legal circles; and litigation of emy. He was admitted to the bar of Con necticut and also of New York in 1870. the most important character was com From that time until his appointment as mitted to their charge. No lawyers of the 63