biography
| name: |
Choate, Joseph H(odges)
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pronunciation:
[choht]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1832–1917)
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| biography:
| Lawyer and diplomat, born in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. President of many clubs and cultural organizations in New York, he argued landmark anti-trust, libel, admiralty, and income tax cases over a 55-year legal career. He achieved major success as ambassador to Britain (1899–1905) and as a leader at the Second Hague Conference (1907). |
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