Rash's Surname Index
Notes for George Wharton PEPPER
George Wharton Pepper wad born in 1867, graduated from the University of Pennsylvannia's law department in 1889 and became a professor of law at that school from 1894-1910. He also was a lecturer at Yale University in 1915. He was chairman of the Pennsylvannia Council of National Defense during the First World War. G.W. Pepper was a Republican elected to The United States Senate and served from 1922 to 1927. He continued his law practice in Philadelphia and died in Devon, Pa in 1961. He was buried in the Old St. David's Churchyard Cemetary in Wayne, Pa.
PEPPER, George Wharton, lawyer and educator, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 16, 1867; son of George and Hitty Markoe (Wharton) Pepper; grandson of William and Sarah (Platt) Pepper and of George Mifflin and Maria (Markoe) Wharton. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, A.B. (valedictorian), 1887; LL.B. (law orator), 1889, and was admitted to the bar. While an undergraduate, he edited the Pennsylvanian and the University Magazine, was active in college athletics and took the principal rôle in the "Acharnians," a Greek play performed in the original by the students of the University. He was a fellow of the law department, 1889-92. He was married, Nov. 25, 1890, to Charlotte Root, daughter of Prof. George Park Fisher (q.v.). In 1893 he accepted the Algernon Sydney Biddle professorship of law in the University of Pennsylvania. He was active in the cause of the reform of methods of equal education, and his paper upon that subject read before the Pennsylvania Bar association in 1895 was the starting point for the important changes which followed in that commonwealth. He became a member of the American Philosophical society, and the Pennsylvania society, Sons of the Revolution. He edited The American Law Register and Review, 1892-95; and is the author of: The Borderland of Federal and State Decisions (1899); Pleading at Common Law and under the Codes (1891); Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania (1893-97, jointly with Wm. Draper Lewis), and of the Digest of Decisions and Encyclopædia of Pennsylvania Law 1754-1898 (jointly with William Draper Lewis). Of this work the thirteenth volume appeared in 1902.
| HOME | EMAIL | SURNAMES |
Return to The Pennocks of Primitive Hall website.
The information in this database may contain errors. If you find any questionable data, or if you have something to add my findings, please feel free to e-mail me by clicking on the "E-MAIL" link above. Thank you!
Page built by Gedpage Version 2.21 ©2009 on 07 July 2020