- Everett Pepperrell Wheeler
Everett Pepperrell Wheeler (1840
New York City - 1925) was an American lawyer, author, and politician.He graduated from the
College of the City of New York in 1856 and from Harvard in 1859, obtaining anLL.B. degree. In 1894, he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of New York, nominated by a split faction of the Democratic Party who were barred from the state convention, and opposed the nomination of ex-governorDavid B. Hill . Later he helped found theCitizens Union . Wheeler drafted the bill which created in 1897 the consolidated City of New York, incorporating the buroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. He was one of the founders of theAmerican Bar Association .His writings include:
* "Wages and the Tariff" (1888)
* "Modern Law of Carriers" (1890)
* "Real Bimetallism" (1895)
* "The Harter Act" (1899)
* "The Knowledge of Faith" (1904)
* "Daniel Webster, Expounder of the Constitution" (1905)ources
* [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/his/bk12/ch10/pt2.html The History of New York State ] at www.usgennet.org NY History gov election 1894
* [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/his/bk12/ch10/foot.html The History of New York State ] at www.usgennet.org NY gov election result 1894
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