McKinley is lecturer on torts and constitutional law in the faculty
of the Webster College of Law in Chicago. He is a member of the
Chicago and Illinois State Bar associations, the Chicago Automo-
bile Club, the Columbia Yacht Club and of the Irish Fellowship
Club. His office is at 29 South LaSalle Street and his home at 909
Airdrie Place, Chicago. Mr. McKinley was married November 26,
1913, to Miss Katharine Riley of Chicago.

RICHARD SWEET FOLSOM. In the long line of men who make
up the legal profession in the State of Illinois it is especially pleasing
to make mention of those native sons who have gained prominence
and popularity in the pursuit of their calling. Richard Sweet Folsom
is undeniably one of that group, and he is recognized today as one
of the successful members of the Chicago bar. He is serving as
general counsel to the Board of Education, is master in chancery
of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and is secretary of the Chicago
Bar Association.

Born in the City of Chicago on the 5th day of August, 1872,
Richard Sweet Folsom is the son of Charles A. and Sarah T.
(Sweet) Folsom. The father was an attorney of standing for many
years in Chicago, and he died here in 1905. Richard Folsom had his
early schooling in the public schools of his native city, and at Wil-
liams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, he had his higher
training, and was graduated from that institution in 1894 with the
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applied himself to the study of law and in 1896 he successfully
passed his bar examinations and was admitted to practice. This
city has since continued to be the center of his professional activities,
and he is now a member of the firm of Folsom, Jennings & Fifer,
with offices at 72 West Adams Street.

Mr. Folsom's progress has been pleasing to contemplate. In
February, 1911, he was appointed master in chancery to the Circuit
Court of Cook County, and since July i, 1912, he has been general
counsel to the Board of Education of Chicago. His election to the
office of secretary of the Chicago Bar Association is sufficient com-
mentary on his standing among his brother attorneys.

A democrat, Mr. Folsom has staunchly supported the principles
of his party at all times. He is a member of the University Club,
the Illinois Athletic Club, the Chicago Yacht Club, the Chicago Law
Club, and retains membership in his college fraternities, the Delta
Upsilon and Phi Delta Phi. He is a member of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, as is also his wife. Mrs. Folsom was Miss Dorothy
Moulton, the daughter of Gen. George M. Moulton of Chicago, and
her marriage to Mr. Folsom was celebrated on May 30. 1905. The
family home is maintained at 2218 Prairie Avenue.

R. ALLAN STEPHENS. An active member of the Danville bar
since 1902, R. Allan Stephens is particularly well known among
Illinois lawyers over the state as publisher of the Quarterly Bulletin,
the official publication of the State Bar Association. In the State Bar
Association he has served as chairman of the committee on new
members two years and is now chairman of the committee on or-
ganization. Mr. Stephens is also a member of the American Bar
Association and the Commercial Law League of America.

Robert Allan Stephens was born at Potomac, Illinois, June 9,
1878, and comes of English ancestry on both sides, his father's fam-
ily having been Cornishmen, while his 'mother's family was from
Oxford. His parents are Robert and Mary E. Stephens, his father
a prominent Methodist minister of the Illinois Conference. For
sixteen years he served as a district superintendent, and was a
member of the general conferences at Cincinnati, Baltimore, Los
Angeles and Minneapolis. At present he is a member of the general
board of the M. E. Church and secretary of the Preachers Aid
Society of the Illinois Annual Conference.

R. Allan Stephens graduated in 1896 from the Mattoon High
School, attended Northwestern University during 1896-98, and
prepared for his profession in the Columbian University at Wash-
ington, D. C, taking the degree LL. B. in 1901 and LL. M. in 1902.
From 1898 to 1902 he was a clerk in the office of the auditor for the
war department at Washington, and since that time has been in
practice at Danville. He formed a connection with the firm of
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from 1902 as Stephens & Barnhart, and since that time has been in
individual practice, with a large general clientage.

Mr. Stephens is a republican, and was candidate for the party
nomination for county judge in 1909, being defeated by a very close
margin. While in college he was a member of the Kappa Sigma
fraternity and at present is worthy grand master of ceremonies
in that fraternity. He is chairman of the judiciary committee of the
Grand Lodge of Illinois in the Knights of Pythias, and is also affili-
ated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Im-
proved Order of Red Men and the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. His church is the Methodist.

On September i, 1903, Mr. Stephens married Helen Prentiss
Bennett, a daughter of the late Judge Charles Bennett of Mattoon,
Illinois. Mrs. Stephens has membership in the Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
They are the parents of a fine family of four young Americans
named Robert Allan, aged ten; Mary Ellen, aged eight; Charles
Bennett, aged five, and William Cleaves, one year old.

HARRY W. SISSON. The long and uniformly successful career
of Harry W. Sisson has been characterized by activities in several
fields of endeavor, in each of which his talents have brought credit-
able accomplishment. Stock raising, real estate, merchandising
and the law have at different times been the object of his endeavors,
and he is also the inventor of several appliances, the usefulness of
which is indicated by their extensive sale all over the country. Mr.
Sisson is at present engaged in legal practice, in connection with
extensive interests in realty operations. He is particularly well
known on the South Side of Chicago, where he has been influential
in promoting movements that have done much to build up and
develop sections formerly of little value to the city.

Mr. Sisson was born January 27, 1858, in Mercer County, Illi-
nois, and is a son of Capt. Benjamin T. and Zilpah A. (Waugh)
Sisson. His father was a sea captain, in the whaling business for
eighteen years, sailing from New Bedford, Massachusetts, the chief
whaling seaport of that time, and rounding Cape Horn no less
than ten times in his whaling vessel. Making a success of his
operations, he came to Chicago in 1856 with $25,000 in gold, but
later went to Mercer County, Illinois. There, in 1858, he became
involved in a law suit, Ellis vs. Sisson et al., which was tried in
many counties by some of the best lawyers in the state, and finally
settled in 1890. Captain Sisson died in Chicago in 1898. Mrs.
Sisson's brothers were Henry W. Waugh, a well known landscape
artist, DeWitt C. Waugh, leading scenic artist of the Cincinnati
musical festivals, and Fred Waugh, a cousin, the noted marine
artist.

The early education of Harry W. Sisson was secured in the
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man he devoted his attention to breeding Shorthorn cattle, Poland-
China hogs and trotting horses, and had a half-mile track on his
farm, which was located in the vicinity of Monmouth. While en-
gaged in this business he became the inventor of two appliances,
Sisson's anti-kicking strap and Sisson's adjustable safety halter,
both of which were sold by the thousands all over the world.

Mr. Sisson first became interested in the study of law in 1882,
although it was not until many years later that he took up the pro-
fession as an active practitioner. At that time he purchased his own
law books and studied during his leisure hours. In 1884 he went to
Nebraska, where he remained for five years, and then returned to
Monmouth, and remained there until coming to Chicago, in 1898.
Here he engaged in the real estate busines, and is one of the lead-
ing salesmen in that line. In preparation for the profession of law
Mr. Sisson entered Chicago Kent College of Law, from which he was
graduated in 1908, with the degree Bachelor of Laws, being ad-
mitted to the Illinois bar the same year.

Mr. Sisson's practice has had largely to do with realty cases. He
was attorney for several of the defendants for a part of the lake
front, from Fifty-third street south, and, although freely assured
by some of his fellow-practitioners that he would be unable to clear
the titles within ten years, his vigorous handling had matters satis-
factorily settled within that many months. In connection with
this he assisted in the widening of Everett avenue, and dedication
of Fifty-fifth street east of that avenue, and arranged for a street
on the lake front, which is now being constructed from Fifty-third
street to Jackson Park, one of the most exclusive residential districts
of the city.

Mr. Sisson is a member of the Association of Commerce. Fra-
ternally his relations are with Lodge No. 240, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and Cook County Encampment, No. 215, of the same
order. He is independent in politics. In June, 1892, Mr. Sisson
married Miss Eva Gumming, daughter of Dr. J. S. Gumming, who
was the oldest Methodist minister in Illinois, and former president of
Hedding College. Three sons have been born to this union, Baird
W., Duane M. and Niel K. The family resides at 4332 Greenwood
Avenue.

CHARLES LERov BROWN. During his active practice in the
Chicago bar since 1897, Charles LeRoy Brown was for several years
connected with the legal departments of street railway companies
and has since developed a large general practice. He has had
for many years an extensive practice in the courts of appeal, both
state and federal, having appeared in several hundred appellate
cases. At the present time he is one of the special counsel for the
State of Illinois in the charter tax litigation with the Illinois Central
Railroad Company.

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December 14, 1874, a son of Dr. George W. Ira and Magdalene
(Miller) Brown. In 1878 his parents moved to Dixon, Illinois,
where the son received his early education, and in 1892 graduated
A. B. from Dixon College. During 1893-95 he was a student in the
University of Michigan. He took his degree in law from the North-
ern Illinois College of Law in 1897. Admitted to the bar the same
year, Mr. Brown spent several months in practice at Dixon with
William Barge. He moved to Chicago in the fall of 1897, and was
in the law department of the North Chicago Street Railway Com-
pany during 1898-99, and with the Chicago Union Traction Com-
pany from 1899 to 1901. Mr. Brown was in general practice with
James W. Duncan as a partner from 1901 to 1905, and was a mem-
ber of the firm of Morrison, Brown & Gould from 1906 to 1910.

In politics he is a republican, and is a member of the various
bar associations and of the Chicago, the Mid-day, the Law, and
the South Shore Country clubs. His offices are in the Otis Build-
ing, and his residence at 1130 Hyde Park Boulevard. Mr. Brown
was married June 28, 1911, to Miss Alice McHugh of Chicago.

ADOLPH J. BORGMEIER. While Mr. Borgmeier has had a secure
position in the Chicago bar for the past fourteen years, and controls
a large general practice, his name is also familiar for its associa-
tions with the Illinois military service, and he was one of the men
who served in the trenches at Santiago. Captain Borgmeier's family
has been identified with Chicago for more than half a century, and
his grandfather, William Borgmeier, saw service with the United
States troops in the capacity of quartermaster sergeant during the
Mexican war in 1845-46.

Adolph J. Borgmeier was born in Chicago January 18, 1869, son
of Anton B. and Catherine (Fox) Borgmeier. His mother was a
native of Ireland. His father, born in Germany, was brought to
America when a boy, grew up in Chicago, and for many years was
engaged in merchandising and manufacturing. Adolph J. Borg-
meier was educated in the parochial schools, graduated in 1886 from
the St. Patrick's Commercial Academy, and then for some time was
employed in mercantile business. Before taking up the study of
law he served as chief clerk in the general baggage department of
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway at Chicago.

Mr. Borgmeier was a law student in the Northwestern Uni-
versity, from which he graduated LL. B. in the class of 1900. His
student career has been interrupted by his service with the United
States forces in Cuba during the Spanish-American war. He had
been a member of the Illinois National Guard, and at the beginning
of the war enlisted in the First Illinois infantry of the United States
volunteers. The regiment saw some arduous service and hard
fighting before Santiago during the month of July, 1898, and Mr.
Borgmeier was one of the men in the trenches around that city
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corporal's warrant on July 5th. His discharge was dated November
17, 1898. For the past twelve years Captain Borgmeier has been
a commissioned officer in the Illinois National Guard, and at the
present time is captain of Company A in the First Illinois Infantry
Regiment. A few years ago he saw active service with his company
during the negro riots at Springfield.

Since beginning the practice of law Mr. Borgmeier has acquired
a large clientele, handling general practice, and has conducted
some important litigation in the state and federal courts. He is a
member of the Chicago Bar Association, and also of the Santiago
Society, of Columbia Camp of the United Spanish-American War
Veterans, and the Knights of Columbus.

Captain Borgmeier married October 4, 1906, Miss Wilhelmina
K. Loth, of Ishpeming, Michigan. Their two children are Adolph
C. and Eleanor R. The family reside at 1516 No.rth Oakley Boule-
vard, and his law offices are in the Portland Block.

EDWARD F. DUNNE, JR. A son of the present governor of Illi-
nois, Edward F. Dunne, Jr., is known as one of the industrious and
ambitious young attorneys of his native city, where, since 1909, he
has been building up a substantial and representative general
practice.

Mr. Dunne was born in Chicago on the 26th day of November,
1887, and is a son of Hon. Edward F. and Elizabeth Jane (Kelly)
Dunne. After making good use of the advantages afforded in the
public schools of Chicago, Mr. Dunne began to prepare for his
profession, entering the law department of the University of Michi-
gan. He was graduated with the class of 1909, with the degree
Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar through the medium
of the Supreme Court of Illinois, and is now eligible to practice
in the various Federal courts of the state. In December, 1912, Mr.
Dunne was appointed master in chancery by the Superior Court of
Cook County. He is a member of the Chicago and Illinois State
Bar associations, and his social memberships are with the Iroquois
Club, the South Shore Country Club, the University of Michigan
Alumni Association of Chicago, of which he is a director, and the
Phi Kappa Phi Association of Chicago, of which he was president in
1914. He is a member of Marquette Council, Knights of Columbus,
and he and his wife are members of St. Thomas Catholic Church.
Politically he follows in the footsteps of his father.

Mr. Dunne was married on April 17, 1912, to Miss Rosina M.
Powers, daughter of Harry J. Powers. They have one son, Ed-
ward F. III., born October 15, 1913.

JOHN MAXCY ZANE. As a trial lawyer John Maxcy Zane is
regarded as one of the most skillful and successful at the Chicago
bar, of which he has been a member for fifteen years. He is a son
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Lincoln and otherwise distinguished in the Illinois bar and for
many years chief justice of Utah.

John Maxcy Zane was born at Springfield, Illinois, March 26,
1863, a son of Charles S. and Margaret D. (Maxcy) Zane. Charles
S. Zane was born in Gloucester County, New Jersey, in 1832, and
came west and located in Sangamon County, Illinois, at the age of
eighteen years. In 1852 he entered McKendree College, and by
teaching, attending college and studying law gained admission to the
bar five years later. In 1860, he became a member of the firm of
Lincoln & Herndon, at Springfield, which was dissolved on ac-
count of Mr. Lincoln's election as president of the United States,
and in January, 1861, the firm of Herndon & Zane was formed.
Mr. Zane later became a member of the firm of Cullom, Zane &
Marcy, the senior member of which was the late United States
senator, Shelby M. Cullom. Mr. Zane continued in regular practice
until 1872, and from that year until 1884 was circuit judge of the
Sangamon District. In 1884, by appointment from President Arthur,
he became chief justice of the Territory of Utah, and save for brief
intervals held that office until 1896, when he became chief justice
under the state government after the admission of Utah to the
Union, and so continued until 1900. He was regarded as one of
the leading members of the Illinois bar, and as a judge his career
left a permanent impress on the judicial history of the West. Since
his retirement, he has been residing at Salt Lake City. Judge
Zane married Miss Margaret D. Maxcy, daughter of John Cook
Maxcy and a member of a family which has been well known at
Springfield since 1819, when this branch moved to Illinois from
Kentucky.

After attending the graded and high schools of Springfield,
John M. Zane entered the University of Michigan, where he was
graduated in 1884, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. At that time
he went to Salt Lake City and joined his father, taking up the
study of law under his preceptorship and also serving as clerk of
the Third Judicial Court of Utah until 1887. He was admitted to
the bar in 1888, at Salt Lake City, and in March of the following
year entered practice, continuing there until 1899, when he came
to Chicago. He had been assistant United States attorney of Utah
from 1889 to 1893 and reporter of the Supreme Court from 1889
to 1894. Since 1899 he has been engaged in the practice of his pro-
fession at Chicago. For seven years after his arrival in the city
he was a member of the law firm of Shope, Mathis, Zane & Weber,
which subsequently became Shope, Zane, Busby & Weber, and later
Zane, Busby & Weber, and at this time he is senior partner of
the firm of Zane, Morse & McKinney. Mr. Zane is a member of the
Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the
American Bar Association. His club connections include member-
ship in the Union League, University and Quadrangle clubs, and
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Coif. He is not alone widely known as a lawyer, but as the author
of "Zane on Banks and Banking" published in 1900, and as a
lecturer in the law departments of the University of Chicago and
Northwestern University. Politically he is a republican. His offices
are in the Harris Trust Building.

Mr. Zane was married April 25, 1894, to Miss Sara Rich Zane,
of Philadelphia.

GEORGE I. HAIGHT. A Chicago lawyer with large practice and
influential connections, George I. Haight is a graduate of the North-
western University Law School with the class of 1902, and has
since that date been in active practice. He is a member of the firm
of Haight, Brown & Haight, with offices in the Rookery Building.

George I. Haight, who was born at Rockdale, Dane County,
Wisconsin, March 26, 1878, represents one of the pioneer families
of Wisconsin. His grandfather, Jonathan T. Haight, came from
Vermont to Wisconsin Territory in 1836, locating in Milwaukee
County. He was a grandson of Stephen Haight, at one time one
of the ablest and best known judges in Vermont. Jonathan Haight
was a civil engineer by profession, surveyed the noted highway
from Milwaukee to the Wisconsin state line known as the Green
Bay Road, was employed as a surveyor in different parts of Wis-
consin and also did special engineering work for the United States
Government in that state and in Tennessee. He associated in a
professional way and was also a friend of such noted New Eng-
landers as Daniel Webster, Caleb Cushing, Silas Wright, and some
of his correspondence with these historic characters is now in the
possession of George I. Haight in Chicago. George I. Haight is
a son of Stephen and Etta (Ives) Haight, both of whom were born
in Wisconsin, his father in 1843 and his mother in 1850. Stephen
Haight is a farmer and during his active career was also a brick
manufacturer.

George I. Haight grew up on his father's farm in Dane County,
attended district schools, was graduated from the Cambridge schools
and the Fort Atkinson High School, and in 1899 was graduated
from the literary department of the University of Wisconsin. For
one year Mr. Haight was a student in the Chicago Law School
and followed that with two years in the Northwestern University
Law School. By his marriage on June 5, 1906, to Miss Edith Adcock,
a native of Chicago, he has one daughter, Valerie Elizabeth. Politi-
cally Mr. Haight is a progressive, and in 1912 his name was on that
party ticket as candidate for state's attorney of Cook County.

ALFRED ROY HULBERT. One of the progressive young members
of the Chicago bar, Alfred Roy Hulbert is well grounded in the
law and for the time of his practice has had a varied experience.
His work is along the lines of general practice, particularly trial
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Mr. Hulbert was born at Fremont, Nebraska, August 25, 1883,
and is a son of Rev. Palmer S. and Rosa S. (Stacey) Hulbert.
Palmer S. Hulbert, D. D., was a Presbyterian minister and a
graduate of Wabash College and Auburn Theological Seminary, of
Auburn, New York, where he was ordained in the ministry. He
subsequently had pastorates in various parts of the country, including
Nebraska, Massachusetts, New York City and Oak Park, Illinois,
at which last named place he died in 1897.

Alfred Roy Hulbert was educated in the public schools of New
York City and Oak Park, Illinois, and he had his college training
in the University of Michigan, following his graduation from the
Oak Park High School. At Ann Arbor he was awarded the
Bachelor of Laws degree on graduation in 1908. In the same year
he was admitted to practice in Illinois, before the Federal and the
United States Supreme Court. Mr. Hulbert entered upon his pro-
fessional duties as a law clerk for D. S. Wentworth, with whom
he remained one year, then becoming identified with the firm of
Gorham & Wales, with whom he remained a like period. In March,
1910, Mr. Hulbert was appointed assistant United States district
attorney, an office wherein he served with ability for two and a
half years, and since that time has continued in general practice,
with offices in the Harris Trust Building associated with Mr. Fred-
eric Burnham. He is known as a careful, studious and conscien-
tious lawyer. He is a member of the Chicago, Illinois, and Ameri-
can Bar associations, and his social connections are with the Ham-
ilton Club, the Glen Oak Country Club and the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity.

Mr. Hulbert was married October 21, 1913, to Mrs. Cora E.
Smith, of Chicago. They have one son, Bruce Walker Hulbert.
Mr. and Mrs. Hulbert reside at Kenilworth, Illinois.

CHARLES BENJAMIN OBERMEYER. One of Chicago's successful
attorneys, Charles Benjamin Obermeyer has been in practice there
for more than twenty years and has won a reputation for thorough,
painstaking work, and his large general practice and relations with
public office and with representative civic and social organizations
are proof of his high standing. At the beginning of his career
he was a brick layer, later was a telegrapher for a long time and
studied law as opportunity offered and finally won his way to a
place in his present profession. Courage and hard work have been
the secret of his success, and although it has been a struggle he
has rejoiced in it, for he is of fighting stock.

Charles Benjamin Obermeyer was born at Winchester, Scott