BIO: Carlos C. Alden; New York State
surname: Alden

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An Illustrated Legislative Manual
The New York Red Book
Containing the Portraits and Biographies of the U.S. Senators, Governor, State
Officers and Members of the Legislature; also with the Portraits of Judges and
Court Reporters, the New Constitution of the State, Election and Population
Statistics, and General Facts of Interest.
By Edgar L. Murlin
New Constitution Compiled by R. C. Cumming, O. L. Potter and F. B. Gilbert
Published, Albany, J. B. Lyon Company, Publishers, 1909

Copyright by J. B. Lyon Company, 1909

Carlos C. Alden, Counsel to the Governor

Carlos Coolidge Alden, Counsel to the Governor, was born in Wilmington,
Illinois, On June 4, 1866. He is a lineal descendant of John Alden, the
Puritan. Educated first in Bangor, Maine, and later in Ne York City, he
received the degree of LL.B. in 1892 from the New York University Law School,
that of LL.M. in 1893, and J.D. (honorary) in 1904 from the same institution.
He was admitted to the practice of law in 1893, and from 1893 until 1904 he
was in active practice in New York City, first in association with Austin
Abbott and later as a member of the law firm of Alden & Carpenter. In 1904 he
was appointed Dean of the Buffalo Law School, and held this position when
appointed Counsel to the Governor. In collaboration with Austin Abbott, he
prepared several case books for law school use. Mr. Alden is the author of
Abbott's Forms of Pleading, 2 vols., second edition (1898), (1900); of the
Hand Book of the New York Code of Civil Procedure (1901); Abbott's Practice
and Forms, 2 vols., second edition (1907). His residence is 27 Ashland Avenue,
Buffalo, New York; he has law offices at 60 Wall Street, New York, and 933
Ellicott Square, Buffalo.