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About Rufus Choate
Rufus Choate was an American lawyer, orator, and senator who represented Massachusetts as a member of the Whig Party. He is regarded as one of the greatest American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over a thousand cases in a lifetime practice extending to virtually every branch of the law then recognized. Notably, he was one of the pioneers of the legal technique of arousing jury sympathy in tort cases. In one instance, he won a record judgement of $22,500 for a badly injured widow, the most ever awarded to a plaintiff at the time.
Everything about Rufus Choate →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, writer
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts Attorney General, member of the State Senate of Massachusetts
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 1, 1799, 1799
- Died
- July 13, 1859, 1859