JOSEPH HODGES CHOATE 
BORN AT SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, JANUARY 24, 1832 
SON OF DR. GEORGE AND MARGARET MANNING (HODGES) CHOATE 
GRADUATED FROM HARVARD COLLEGE, 1852 
WITH DEGREE OF A.B. 
AND FROM HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, 1854 
RECEIVED HONORARY DEGREE OF A.M. FROM HARVARD, 1860 
AND HONORARY DEGREE OF LL.D., 1888 
ALSO RECEIVED HONORARY DEGREE OF LL.D. FROM AMHERST, 1887 
EDINBURGH, 1900, CAMBRIDGE, 1900, YALE, 1901 
ST. ANDREW’S, 1902, GLASGOW, 1904 
WILLIAMS, 1905, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1908, UNION, 1909 
AND DEGREE OF D.C.L. FROM OXFORD, 1902 
ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1855 
AND NEW YORK, 1856 
MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL GROUP OF CITIZENS 
WHO FOUNDED THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1869 
AND SERVED THE MUSEUM AS COUNSEL AND TRUSTEE 
DURING THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE 
PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE STATE CONSTITUTIONAL 
CONVENTION, 1894 
AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF ST. JAMES, 1899-1905 
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES AT 
THE SECOND HAGUE CONFERENCE, 1907 
LEADING REPRESENTATIVE AND ORATOR OF THE 
CITY OF NEW YORK 
ON THE OCCASION OF THE RECEPTION OF 
THE COMMISSIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND OF FRANCE 
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, AND SUNDAY, MAY 138, 1917 
PASSED AWAY 
AT HIS HOME IN NEW YORK CITY 
ON THE EVENING OF MONDAY, MAY 14, 1917 
