BIO: William Horace Hotchkiss; New York State
surname: Hotchkiss, Bush

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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

     William Horace Hotchkiss, of Buffalo, Superintendent of Insurance, was
born i nWhitehall, N.Y., on September 7, 1864. He attended schools in Albany
and was graduated from Hamilton College in 1886. Upon leaving college he read
law with the Hon. John D. Teller of Auburn, N.Y., and acted as Clerk of the
Surrogate's Court of Cayuga county fron 1887 to 1889. In 1888 he was admitted
to the bar.

     In 1891 he went to Buffalo and engaged there in the practice of the law.
In 1895 he married Miss Katherine Tremain Bush, of Ithaca, N.Y. They have two
children.

     He was appointed Referee in Bankruptcy in 1898 and was reappointed in
1900 and served in that capacity up to the time of his appointment as
Superintendent of Insurance. He is regarded as an authority on bankruptcy laws
and has been president of the National Associaton of Referees in Bankruptcy
since its formation. He is a lecturer on bankruptcy laws in law schools of
Buffalo and New York, and in Cornell University.

     In 1907 Governor Hughes appointed him a Commissioner for the Promotion
of Uniformity of Legislation int he United States.

     With other Buffalo Republicans he made an inquiry regarding the operatio
nof the primary electon law of the State of New York and a report was drawn up
which led to the introduction of a bill in the Legislature concerning the
subject. In 1899 in associatio nwith Elihu Root and Paul D. Cravath of New
York Mr. Hotchkiss prepared the Primary Election Law of 1899, which is still
in operation.

     For years he has taken a keen interest in automobiling and is President
of the American Automobile Association, the New York State Automobile
Association and of the Buffalo Automobile Club. He prepared the automobile law
of the State.