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William D. (William Dameron) Guthrie
1859–1935
A leading constitutional lawyer of his era, he argued major cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and later taught law at Columbia. His career moved between courtroom battles, public lectures, and influential writing on the Constitution.
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Magna Carta, and Other Addresses
by William D. (William Dameron) Guthrie
About the author
Born in San Francisco in 1859, William Dameron Guthrie was educated in Paris and England and studied at Columbia Law School. He built his career in New York and became widely known for his work in constitutional and corporate law, especially through arguments before the United States Supreme Court.
Guthrie handled prominent cases involving subjects such as the federal income tax, irrigation, inheritance tax, oleomargarine, and stockyards regulation. Alongside legal practice, he also taught at Columbia and was known as a lecturer and public speaker, publishing addresses and essays on constitutional questions.
He died in 1935, leaving behind a reputation as an important lawyer and educator of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For listeners interested in legal history, his work offers a window into the debates that shaped American constitutional law in that period.