Alexander Pope Humphrey

Judge Alexander Pope Humphrey (1848 - 1928), also known as A. P. Humphrey or Alex P. Humphrey, was born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky and was a noted lawyer and judge.[1] He attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and the University of Virginia law school..

Alexander Pope Humphrey
Born1848
Louisville, Kentucky, US
Died1928
NationalityAmerican
OccupationLawyer, judge

Career

Humphrey was a chancellor of the Louisville, Kentucky chancery court (a court of equity), having been appointed at age 32 to fill the unexpired term of Judge Horatio Washington Bruce, who had resigned on 10 March 1880 to accept a position as attorney for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. A journal, The Virginia Law Review, published Humphrey's record in the Virginia Law Register on the impeachment of Samuel Chase.[2][3]

Humphrey was a member of the law firm Humphrey, Crawford, and Middleton, and was counsel to the Southern Railway Company and other corporations. He was also a member of the law firm Barr, Goodloe & Humphrey.[4][5] After retiring from the bench, he was a member of the law firm Brown, Humphrey & Davie. Following the death of his law partner Colonel John Mason Brown, he continued to practice with George M. Davie. He was the half-brother of Judge Edward William Cornelius Humphrey (1844–1917),[6] whose son Edward Porter Humphrey (1873–1955) he invited as the third partner to the newly named firm of Humphrey, Davie, and Humphrey.[6]

Humphrey delivered the annual address before the Virginia State Bar Association at Hot Springs, Virginia on 3 August 1899. This was an address which was later printed in the Virginia Law Register and Virginia Law Review.[3]

Family

Humphrey was the only son[7] of Kentuckians Rev. Dr. Edward Porter Humphrey and his second wife Martha Ann Fontaine Pope Humphrey.[4]

The wedding of Alexander and Mrs. Humphrey's daughter Ethel to Mr. Edward Mellon of Paris, France, grandson of Thomas Mellon, patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh, was held at her parents' spacious home, "Fincastle", in Glenview, Kentucky.[8] The wedding is described in detail in the Leavenworth Times, a Kansas newspaper.[9]

The Filson Club

Humphrey was one of the organizers of the Filson Club, Louisville's privately operated history society, historical museum, and archive, in the Ferguson Mansion in Old Louisville,[10] now known as the Filson Historical Society.[11]

References
  1. Humphrey, Alexander Pope. "The Trial of Samuel Chase". Virginia Law Review. JSTOR 1098896.
  2. Humphrey, Alexander Pope (September 1899). "The Impeachment of Samuel Chase". Virginia Law Review. 5 (5): 281–302. doi:10.2307/1098896. JSTOR 1098896.
  3. Humphrey, Alexander Pope (1899). "The Impeachment of Samuel Chase". The Virginia Law Register. 5 (5): 281–302. doi:10.2307/1098896. JSTOR 1098896.
  4. "Humphrey, Alexander Pope". usbiographies.org. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. Levin, Editor, H. (1897). Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Reprinted by Southern Historical Press ed.). Chicago.: Lewis Publishing Company. p. 209.
  6. Levin, editor, H. (1897). Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Southern Historical Press ed.). Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. p. 209. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  7. Jennings, Kathleen (1920). Louisville's First Families - A SERIES OF GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES. Louisville, Kentucky: The Standard Printing Co. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  8. "Courier-Journal.com: Places in Time". courier-journal.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  9. "4 Jul 1913, Page 5 - at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  10. "A History of The Filson Club", The Filson Club and Its Activities, 1884-1922, by Otto A Rothert, John P. Morton & Company, 1922, pages 5-6.
  11. "Origins · Why Filson? · The Filson Historical Society". filsonhistorical.omeka.net. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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