Thomas Chadbourne

Thomas Lincoln Chadbourne (d. 1938) was an American lawyer who in 1902 founded the New York law firm of Chadbourne, Babbit & Wallace. After a 1924 merger, the firm became Chadbourne, Stanchfield, & Levy. The firm (now called Chadbourne & Parke) still bears his name.

Thomas Chadbourne was very active in the United States Democratic Party. Chadbourne was a major supporter of Alfred E. Smith, the Governor of New York. Chadbourne donated $30,000 to Smith's campaign officially, [Lundberg, F: "America's 60 families", Halcyon House, 1939] and allegedly provided over $400,000 of cash and stock options to Smith secretly. [Margolick, D: "Deleted from Book: Gifts to Alfred E. Smith", "New York Times", May 22, 1985, p. A1]

Chadbourne's law partner, Louis S. Levy, was disbarred in 1939 for arranging a bribe of almost $250,000 to Federal judge Martin T. Manton. ["Borrowing Judge", "TIME Magazine", February 6, 1939]

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* Citation
last=Chadbourne
first=Thomas
title=The Autobiography of Thomas L. Chadbourne, Esq.
publisher=Oceana Publications, Inc.
year=1985