HORNBLOWER, WILLIAM BUTLER

William Butler Hornblower was a noted corpo-
rate and trial lawyer who was nominated to
the U.S. Supreme Court but failed to win con-
firmation.
Hornblower was born May 13, 1851, in Pater-
son, New Jersey, with an unusually distinguished
family background. His great-grandfather was a
member of the Congress of the Confederation
and a judge, his grandfather was a chief justice of
the Supreme Court of New Jersey, his father was
a noted theologian and pastor, and his mother
was a descendant of Revolutionary leaders and
colonial judges. In addition, one of his uncles