Henry Rutgers Beekman (judge)
Henry Rutgers Beekman | |
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Columbia College Columbia Law School | |
| Occupation(s) | Judge, lawyer |
| Children | Henry Rutgers Beekman |
| Family | Beekman family |
Henry Rutgers Beekman (December 8, 1845 – December 17, 1900)New York City Parks Commissioner.[2]
Biography
Beekman was born in
Delaware and Pennsylvania.[3]
He graduated from
Columbia College in 1865 before earning his LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1867.[3] He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and started a practice with fellow lawyer David B. Ogden.[1]
In 1894, Beekman was appointed judge of the
Corporation Counsel of New York City from 1888 to 1889.[5][6] He became a justice of the New York Supreme Court in 1896.[1]
Beekman died on December 17, 1900.[7] He was a member of the University Club of New York, Union Club of the City of New York, Century Association, and the Manhattan Club.[3] His son, Henry Rutgers Beekman, was a watercolorist.
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0926-9.
- ^ a b c Bergen, Tunis Garret (1915). Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
- ^ "THE NEW PARK COMMISSIONER.; HENRY R. BEEKMAN APPOINTED YESTERDAY BY MAYOR GRACE". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ King, Moses (1899). Notable New Yorkers of 1869-1899: A Companion Volume to King's Handbook of New York City. Moses King.
- ISBN 978-0-06-074062-7.
- ^ Beekman, Katharine Morris Ogden Parker (1925). The Beekman Family: An Address Read Before the New York Branch of the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America. The Order.