Henry Schell Hagert
Henry Schell Hagert /ˈheɪɡərt/; (May 2, 1826 – December 18, 1885) was an American lawyer who served as district attorney of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 12 years over four terms between 1856 and 1881.
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| Born | May 2, 1826 |
| Died | December 18, 1885 (aged 59) |
| Resting place | Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, district attorney |
Biography
Hagert was born on May 2, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Central High School in 1842 and studied law under Charles Gilpin.[1]
He was admitted to the bar on May 8, 1847, and worked as solicitor for the Board of Guardians of the Poor of Philadelphia.[1] His work caught the attention of Philadelphia district attorney William Bradford Reed[2] and after the consolidation of the city in 1854, he was appointed assistant city solicitor.[3] He served as prosecuting attorney in the trial of Frank Kelly for the murder of Octavius Catto in which the jury acquitted Kelly.[4]
Hagert served as district attorney in 1856–1857, 1868–1871, 1875–1878, and 1878–1881.[5] He was especially distinguished as a nisi prius lawyer.[3]
He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1875.[6]
He died of Bright's Disease in Philadelphia on December 18, 1885[7] and was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Legacy
As a young man he contributed prose and poetry to literary journals.[8] After his death, a volume of his poems, with a memoir by Charles Augustus Lagen, was published.[5]
Schell Street and Hagert Street in Philadelphia were named in his honor.[9]
Citations
- Hagert & Lagen 1886, p. 5.
- Hagert & Lagen 1886, p. 6.
- Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1887). Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 25. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- Kelly, Frank; Griffin, H. H. The trial of Frank Kelly for the assassination (!) & murder of Octavius V. Catto, on October 10, 1871 . Wellesley College Library. Philadelphia, Daily tribune co.
- Herringshaw, Thomas William (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. Chicago: American Publishers' Association. p. 6. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- Hagert & Lagen 1886, p. 16.
- Hagert & Lagen 1886, p. 23.
- Russ, Valerie. "Thornton 'Tony' Hagert, musician, musicologist, dies at 87". www.inquirer.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
Sources
- Hagert, Henry Schell; Lagen, Charles Augustus (1886). Henry S. Hagert Memorial: Poems and Verses, with Sketch of his Life. J.B. Lippincott Company.