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Severn T. Wallis 		Severn Teackle Wallis, Esq. (1816-1894)
David Dalhoff Neal (1838-1915)
Oil on canvas, 1887
68 H x 48 W in.
Presented, January, 1909
Donor, unknown
Owner, Baltimore City Circuit Court
Private Career:
Admitted to the bar, 1837
Founder of the Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1879
1st President, Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1879-1880
Founding member, Maryland Historical Society, 1844
President of the Maryland Historical Society, 1892-1896
Public Service:
Member, Maryland House of Delegates, Baltimore City, Special Session, 1861.
Provost, University of Maryland
Comments:
Presented numerous cases before the Maryland Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Named one of the pre-eminent Maryland lawyers and judges of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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