Charles C. Bonney
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Charles Carroll Bonney | |
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Died | August 23, 1903 Chicago, Illinois, USA | (aged 71)
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Charles Carroll Bonney (1831–1903) was an American lawyer, judge, teacher, author, and orator based in Chicago. He was best known for serving as president of the World's Congresses at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.[1]
Biography
Charles C. Bonney was born in
Bonney moved to Chicago in 1860. In 1866, he became a judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois. He participated in the foundation of the International Law and Order League in Toronto in 1880, and later served as that organization's president from 1885 to 1893. Bonney was president of the Illinois State Bar Association in 1882. He was also active in the American Bar Association, serving as Vice President in 1887, and in that capacity gaining notoriety in the press, with many journalists calling for Bonney to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
A member of the
Bonney published several books in his lifetime, the most notable of which were his Handbook of the Law of Railway Carriers, Summary of the Law of Insurance, The World's Parliament of Religions, and The World's Congress Addresses.
Bonney took ill in 1900, and, after three years' sickness, died of paralysis on August 23, 1903 in Chicago. His daughter, Callie Bonney Marble, was an author and lyricist.
References
- ^ a b "Charles C. Bonney Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. August 24, 1903. Retrieved February 14, 2024.