Rufus Choate
Rufus Choate was an American lawyer, orator, and senator who represented Massachusetts as a member of the Whig Party. He is regarded as one of the greatest American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over a thousand cases in a lifetime practice extending to virtually every branch of the law then recognized. Notably, he was one of the pioneers of the legal technique of arousing jury sympathy in tort cases.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Ipswich
- Educated at
- Dartmouth CollegeHarvard Law School
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"The courage of New England was the "courage of conscience." It did not rise to that insane and awful passion, the love of war for itself."
"We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag, and keep step to the music of the Union."
"The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life, by Samuel Gilman Brown"
"All that happens in the world of Nature or Man, — every war; every peace; every hour of prosperity; every hour of adversity; every election; every death ; every life; every success and every failure, …"
"Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading."
"There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had selected, and by equal laws which it had framed."
Works & Publications
No works or publications documented yet.
Timeline
1799
Born
Birth1859
Died
Death
Influenced By
Thinkers whose ideas shaped Rufus's philosophy
No known influences documented.
Influenced
Thinkers whose work was shaped by Rufus's ideas
No influenced thinkers documented yet.
Source Attribution
Information about Rufus Choate is sourced from curated knowledge bases and cross-referenced for accuracy. Influence relationships are scored by thematic overlap and historical plausibility.
Related Thinkers
See all →
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"The repetition of a catchword can hold analysis in fetters for fifty years or more."
— Benjamin N. Cardozo"I feel -- not Doubt of Masters who hear any heartbeat in the right direction, but -- a terrible Despair of …"
— William Quan Judge"Restricting access to such a basic health care service, which 99% of sexually experienced American women ha…"
— Sandra Fluke"You have a 16-count indictment … and then within a very short period of time, the case gets dismissed by th…"
— Rikki Klieman"What Joe Wilson did is like a belch."
— Alan Grayson"I used to think the top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate chang…"
— James Gustave Speth
