Rufus Choate
U.S. Congressperson
1799 – 1859
Who was Rufus Choate?
Rufus Choate, American lawyer and orator, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, a descendant of an English family which settled in Massachusetts in 1643. His first cousin, physician George Choate, was the father of George C. S. Choate and Joseph Hodges Choate. Rufus Choate's birthplace, Choate House, remains virtually unchanged to this day.
A precocious child, at six he is said to have been able to repeat large parts of the Bible and of Pilgrim's Progress from memory. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated as valedictorian of his class at Dartmouth College in 1819, was a tutor there in 1819–1820, spent a year in the law school of Harvard University, and studied for a like period in Washington, D.C., in the office of William Wirt, then Attorney General of the United States.
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- Born
- Oct 1, 1799
Ipswich - Religion
- Christianity
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Dartmouth College
- Harvard University
- Harvard Law School
- Lived in
- Boston
- Died
- Jul 13, 1859
Halifax
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on July 23, 2013
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