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Peckham, Rufus Wheeler

associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, was born Nov. 8, 1838, in Albany, N. Y. In 1868 he was elected district attorney of Albany county; was subsequently corporation counsel of Albany city; and in 1883 was elected a justice of the supreme court of the state. While serving as such he was elected in 1886 an associate judge of the court of appeals of New York state, and while occupying a seat on that bench he was, in December, 1895, appointed by President Cleveland an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States.

PECKHAM, STEPHEN FARNUM, chemist, was born March 26, 1839, near Providence, R. I. During the civil war he served as hospital steward; and was later in charge of the chemical department of the United States army laboratory in Philadelphia. He subsequently attained national reputation as a noted chemist.

PECKHAM, WHEELER HAZARD, lawyer, was born Jan. 1, 1833, in Albany, N. Y. He was appointed district attorney of New York in 1884, which office he resigned in the same year. For many years he has practiced law in New York city.