ANNUAL DINNER

The annual dinner was held on Friday evening, August 27. 1920, at the Hotel Statler, St. Louis, Missouri. President Hampton L. Carson, of Pennsylvania, presided.

The speakers were:

Viscount Cave, of London, England.

Richard Bedford Bennett, K. C., of Calgary, Province of
Alberta, Canada.

Capt. Albert L. LeGrand, of France.
Thomas J. O'Donnell, of Colorado.
James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois.
President-Elect, William A. Blount.

There were 477 members and guests in attendance at the dinner.

LIST OF PRESIDENTS

1. 1878-79-⭑JAMES O. BROADHEAD1......St. Louis, Missouri.

27. 1904-1905-HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER.
28. 1905-1906-GEORGE R. PECK.
29. 1906-1907-ALTON B. PARKER.
30. 1907-1908-J. M. DICKINSON.
31. 1908-1909-FREDERICK W. LEHMANN
32. 1909-1910-*CHARLES F. LIBBY.
33. 1910-1911-EDGAR H. FARRAR.
34. 1911-1912-*STEPHEN S. GREGORY.
35. 1912-1913-FRANK B. KELLOGG.
36. 1913-1914-WILLIAM H TAFT.
37. 1914-1915-PETER W. MELDRIM.
38. 1915-1916-ELIHU ROOT

39. 1916-1917-GEORGE SUTHERLAND
40. 1917-1918-WALTER GEORGE SMITH.
41. 1918-1919-GEORGE T. PAGE..
12. 1919-1920-HAMPTON L. CARSON.
43. 1920-1921-WILLIAM A. BLOUNT.

At the Conference for organizing the Association in 1878, John H. B. Latrobe, of Maryland, was elected Temporary Chairman, and when the organi zation was completed, Benjamin H. Bristow, of Kentucky, was elected President of the Conference.

In consequence of the death of Clarkson N. Potter, Francis Kernan, of New York, presided and prepared and delivered the President's Address in 1882. In consequence of the illness of Thomas M. Cooley, Samuel F. Hunt, of Ohio, presided and read the President's Address prepared by Judge Cooley in 1894.

In consequence of the absence of Joseph H. Choate, as Ambassador to Great Britain, Charles F, Manderson, of Nebraska, presided and prepared and delivered the President's Address In 1899.

LIST OF SECRETARIES

1. 1878-93-*EDWARD OTIS HINKLEY..... Baltimore, Maryland. 2. 1893-1909-JOHN HINKLEY'

3. 1909-1920-*GEORGE WHITELOCK

Baltimore, Maryland.

. Baltimore, Maryland.

In 1878, Francis Rawle, of Pennsylvania, and Isaac Grant Thompson, of New York, acted as temporary Secretaries and as Secretaries of the Conference. In 1886, Edward Otis Hinkley being absent, Walter George Smith, of Pennsylvania, acted as Secretary pro tempore.

2 In 1898, John Hinkley being absent, George P. Wanty, of Michigan, acted as Secretary pro tempore.

In January, 1920, George Whitelock having died, the Executive Committee appointed W. Thomas Kemp to fill the vacancy until the Annual Meeting when the Association elected him Secretary.

In 1909 by virtue of amendment to Constitution, the Executive Committee elected an Assistant Secretary.

In 1913 the Constitution was further amended so as to provide for one or more Assistant Secretaries.

LIST OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. 1878-87-*LUKE P. POLAND.... 2. 1878-88-SIMEON E. BALDWIN1. 3. 1878-80-*WILLIAM A. FISHER. 4. 1880-85-*WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER. 5. 1885-90-*CHARLES C. BONNEY'... 6. 1887-96-*GEORGE A. MERCER.. 7. 1888-90-*JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER. 8. 1890-91-*WILLIAM P. WELLS.. 9. 1890-99-ALFRED HEMENWAY 10. 1891-95-*BRADLEY G. SCHLEY. 11. 1895-99-CHARLES CLAFLIN ALLEN.

..St. Johnsbury, Vermont. ..New Haven, Connecticut. ...Baltimore, Maryland. .... New York, New York. ...Chicago, Illinois.

Savannah, Georgia. ....Lexington, Virginia. Detroit, Michigan.

Boston, Massachusetts.

.. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. St. Louis, Missouri.

12. 1896-97-*WILLIAM WIRT HOWE....... New Orleans, Louisiana. 13. 1897-1900-CHARLES NOBLE GREGORY... Washington, D. C.

14. 1899-1900-*EDMUND WETMORE

15. 1899-1901-*U. M. ROSE.......

16. 1899-1902-WILLIAM A. KETCHAM.

New York, New York.

. Little Rock, Arkansas. ... Indianapolis, Indiana.

.......

Towanda, Pennsylvania.

. Portland, Maine.

. St. Louis, Missouri.

17. 1899-1902-HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER.. Lexington, Virginia.
18. 1900-1903-RODNEY A. MERCUR.
19. 1900-1903-*CHARLES F. LIBBY.
20. 1901-1903-*JAMES HAGERMAN
21. 1902-1905-P. W. MELDRIM.
22. 1902-1905-PLATT ROGERS
23. 1903-1906-M. F. DICKINSON.

...

24. 1903-1906-THEODORE S. GARNETT.... 25. 1903-1906-WILLIAM P. BREEN...

Savannah, Georgia. .Denver, Colorado. .Boston, Massachusetts. .Norfolk, Virginia.

. Fort Wayne, Indiana.

26. 1905-1908-CHARLES MONROE .......... Los Angeles, California.

27. 1905-1908-*RALPH W. BRECKENRIDGE.. Omaha, Nebraska.

28. 1906-1909-*CHARLES F. LIBBY..... 29. 1906-1909-WALTER GEORGE SMITH.

30. 1906-1909-ROME G. BROWN.. 31. 1908-1911-WILLIAM O. HART.

32. 1908-1911-CHARLES HENRY BUTLER. 33. 1909-1912-JOHN HINKLEY ......

Portland, Maine.

.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
New York, New York.

. Baltimore, Maryland.

34. 1909-1912-*Ralph W. BRECKENRIDGE.. Omaha, Nebraska.

35. 1909-1912-LYNN HELM

36. 1911-1914-HOLLIS R. BAILEY..

37. 1911-1914-*ALDIS B. BROWNE..

38. 1912-1915-WILLIAM H. BURGES. 39. 1912-1915-JOHN H. VOORHEES.

• Deceased.

Los Angeles, California.
Boston, Massachusetts.
Washington, D. C.

El Paso, Texas.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

1 In 1888, at the first meeting of the Executive Committee after the adjournment of the Association, Simeon E. Baldwin resigned, and Charles C. Bonney was chosen to fill the vacancy under By-Law X.

40. 1912-1915-WILLIAM H. STAAKE.............. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

41. 1913-1914-*ALBERT W. BIGGS'.
42. 1913-1916-*WILLIAM C. NIBLACK.
43. 1914-1917-SELDEN P. SPENCER.
44. 1914-1917-WILLIAM P. BYNUM.
45. 1914-1917-CHAPIN BROWN
46. 1915-1918-CHARLES N. POTTER.
47. 1915-1918-JOHN LOWELL

48. 1915-1918-CHARLES BLOOD SMITH.

.Memphis, Tennessee.
Chicago, Illinois.

St. Louis, Missouri.
Greensboro, North Carolina.
Washington, D. C.
Cheyenne, Wyoming.

. Boston, Massachusetts.
Topeka, Kansas.

49. 1916-1919-ASHLEY COCKRILL'.........Little Rock, Arkansas.

50. 1916-1917-WALTER GEORGE SMITH.

51. 1917-1918-GEORGE T. PAGE. 52. 1917-1920-T. A. HAMMOND. 53. 1917-1920-U. S. G. CHERRY..

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

. Peoria, Illinois.

. Atlanta, Georgia.

.Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

54. 1917-1920-CHARLES THADDEUS TERRY.. New York, New York. EDMUND F. TRABUE.... . Louisville, Kentucky.

THOMAS H. REYNOLDS.

GEORGE B. YOUNG..

55. 1918

56. 1918

57. 1918

58. 1918

PAUL HOWLAND...

..... Kansas City, Missouri.
Montpelier, Vermont.

. Cleveland, Ohio.

... Montgomery, Alabama.

Tonopah, Nevada.
.Detroit, Michigan.
..Chicago, Illinois.

• Deceased.

In 1913, by virtue of amendment to Constitution, the number of elective members of Executive Committee was increased from five to seven.

In 1916, by virtue of amendment to Constitution, the number of elective members of Executive Committee was increased from seven to eight.