Rash's Surname Index
Notes for David Wampole SELLERS
"David W. Sellers read law with the late Hon. John Cadwalader and was admitted to the Bar May 11, 1854. In 1857 T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., of Phila., published "A Practical Treatise on the Law of Carriers of Goods and Passengers by Land, Inland Navigation and in Ships. With an Appendix of Statutes and Forms of Pleadings. By Thomas Chitty, Esq., and Ledfric Temple, Esq.,, Barristers-at-Law. With Notes and References to the American decisions, by David W. Sellers." May 13, 1858, Mr. Sellers was appointed Assistant City Solicitor, and served in said office until January 1, 1866.
Aug. 3, 1861, he was commisioned by Governor Andrew G. Curtin as Judge Advocate with rank of Major, having been appointed by Brigadier General Augustus James Pleasanton, commanding the Home Guard, to serve until the second Monday of October, 1861. He was for many years Counsel for the Union Passenger Railway Company, the Chestnut and Walnut Passenger Railway Company, the Continental Railway Company, and the Union Traction Company. He compiled "A Digest of Laws relating to the City of Philadelphia, with an Appendix containing the Charters of the Various Passenger Railways." May 8, 1876, he was appointed by the Board of Judges a member of the Fairmount Park Commission, of which he was elected President Dec. 8, 1899. Dec. 24, 1879, he was appointed Solicitor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the First District of Pennsylvania, and Dec. 15, 1881, he was appointed Solicitor of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company and of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad Company. Aug. 26, 1885, he was commissioned by Governor Robert E. Pattison as Judge Advocate and Aide-de-Camp of his staff with rank of Lieutenant Colonel and served throughout his administration. Feb. 16, 1887, he was elected Vice-Provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia. Jan. 14, 1892, he was elected a member of the Board of Managers of the Zoological Society. Jan. 3, 1895, he was elected Chairman of the Convention to revise the rules of the Democratic Party of Phila. He was President several years of the Young Men's Democratic Association of Phila. Dec. 5, 1899, he was elected Vice-Chancellor of the Law Association of Phila. For services rendered to the Schuylkill Fishing Company, known as the State in Schuylkill, in connection with the condemnation of their land by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, March 30, 1891, the freedom of the Castle and grounds were by resolution granted to him during the coming Fishing Season. The only other instances of the Freedom being granted were to General Washington, Lafayette and General Pershing."
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