11 Facts About Horace Binney

Horace Binney was an American lawyer, author, and public speaker who served as an Anti-Jacksonian in the United States House of Representatives.

Horace Binney graduated from Harvard College in 1797, where he founded the Hasty Pudding Club in 1795.

Horace Binney then studied law in the office of Jared Ingersoll, who had been a member of the Constitutional convention of 1787, and who, from 1791 to 1800 and again from 1811 to 1816, was the attorney-general of Pennsylvania.

In 1800, Horace Binney was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia and practiced there with great success for half a century, and was recognized as one of the leaders of the bar in Pennsylvania and the United States.

In 1808, Horace Binney was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.

Horace Binney made many public addresses, the most noteworthy of which, entitled Life and Character of Chief Justice Marshall, was published in 1835.

Horace Binney published Leaders of the Old Bar of Philadelphia, in 1858, and an Inquiry into the Formation of Washingtons Farewell Address, in 1859.

Horace Binney was elected an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1867.

Horace Binney was married to Elizabeth Cox, one of six daughters of John Cox, Esq.

Horace Binney died on August 12,1875, at the age of 95 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city of his birth.

Horace Binney was buried in the churchyard of Church of St James the Less in Philadelphia.