Louis Boisot

Louis Boisot, Jr., (1856–1933) was an American lawyer and Vice President of the First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, Illinois.[1] Boisot was an authority on by-laws and a major contributor to legal U.S. periodicals; He wrote several books, among them were his legal writings, By-laws of Private Corporations and A Treatise on the Law of Mechanics' Liens.[2] Boisot gained sufficient notoriety to have his name included in Whose Who in America.[3]

Louis Boisot
BornMay 23, 1856
Dubuque, Iowa
Died23 July 1933(1933-07-23) (aged 77)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBanker, Author, Attorney

Early life

Louis Boisot was born in Dubuque, Iowa on May 23, 1856. He was the son of Louis Daniel Boisot (1823-1900) and Albertina Bush (1825-1889). His father was born in Switzerland, coming to New York when he was a young man. His father was in banking with the First National Bank in Chicago.

Boisot graduated from Hamilton College (Iowa) in 1877 and belonged to Phi Beta Kappa society. At Hamilton College, he won a prize for best English essays, called The Currency Question.[4][5] He got his Bachelor of Laws at Columbia College Chicago in 1879 and was admitted to the bar in 1880.

Marriage and children

Boisot married Mary Spencer on May 13, 1887. He was a member of the La Grange Country Club in Illinois and a prominent churchman.[6] They had two children:

  • Elizabeth Boisot (1895-1895)
  • Pauline Boisot (1897-1982)

Professional life

Boisot practiced law in Chicago from 1880 to 1903. The 1880 United States Census listed him as Attorney at law.[7]

First National Bank

On March 26, 1904, Boisot was appointed the trust officer of the First National Bank of Chicago. On January 14, 1913, Boisot was appointed vive-president, keeping his title of trust officer.[8] He was a director of three other Chicago banks and trustee of Rollins College. His brother Emile Kellogg Boisot was also a banker.

Later life

Boisot was the author two books about law:

  • The Law of By-laws of Private Corporations (1892)
  • Treatise on the Law of Mechanics' Liens (1897)

The 1920 US Census lists Louise Boisot (60), wife Mary (53), and daughter Pauline (22). He lived with his family in La Grange, Illinois. Boisot retired as vive-president of the First National Bank of Chicago in 1921.

In 1922, he was a commissioner to the Presbyterian General Assembly.[9]

Death

On July 23, 1933, Boisot died in Cape Elizabeth, Maine where he had a summer home. He was buried at the Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He was 77 years old.[9][10]

See also

Publications

Boisot was a contributor to legal periodicals and books:

  1. Supreme Court of Illinois. Patrick J. Sexton, Appellant, Chicago Storage Co. et al., Appellees in 1889, (Article)[11]
  2. American Rights in the Behring Sea in 1890, Chicago, Illinois, (Article)[12][13]
  3. The Legality of Trust Combinations in 1891, (Article)[14]
  4. The Law of By-laws of Private Corporations in 1892[15][16]
  5. Treatise on the Law of Mechanics' Liens in 1897[17][18]
  6. Address on Corporation By-Laws in 1902 (Address)[19]

References
  1. The history of the First National Bank of Chicago, pg 174.
  2. Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography| Thomas William Herringshaw, page 367
  3. Marquis, Albert Nelson (1908–1909). Who's Who In America. Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company. p. 180.CS1 maint: date format (link)
  4. Boisot, Louis (1927). "1877 CLASS ANNALIST'S LETTER". www.hamilton.edu. Hamilton College. Retrieved March 9, 2020. Only three of the class attained sufficient notoriety to have their names included in Whose Who in America: Hodges, Butler and Boisot.
  5. "Boisot, Louis - 1876 Distinguished Scholar Honors". Dubuque Daily Times (Dubuque, Iowa). June 29, 1876. p. 8. Retrieved March 9, 2020. He also captured the first prize in Physics, and the prize for the best essay on the currency question.
  6. The New York Times, July 23, 1933
  7. "United States Census". Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. 1880. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  8. The First Natioanl Bank of Chicago, 1913, Chicago, pages 4, 59-60, 75
  9. The New York Times, Louis Boisot Dies, Chicago Banker, July 22, 1933.
  10. "Louis Boisot Is Dead; Former Official Of First Trust & Savings". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. July 23, 1933. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  11. JSTOR Reference for “Supreme Court of Illinois. Patrick J. Sexton, Appellant, Chicago Storage Co. Et Al., Appellees.” The American Law Register (1852-1891), vol. 37, no. 9, 1889, pp. 558–569.
  12. WorldCat Reference for American Rights in the Behring Sea
  13. Penn Law Journals, Vol. 38 (1890)
  14. JSTOR Reference for The Legality of Trust Combinations, The American Law Register (1852-1891), vol. 39, no. 12, 1891, pp. 751–770
  15. WorldCat Reference for The Law of By-laws of Private Corporations
  16. "The Law of By-laws of Private Corporations". The US Corporation Bureau, Chicago, Ill, 1892. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  17. WorldCat Reference for Treatise on the Law of Mechanics' Liens
  18. A treatise on mechanics' liens. St. Paul, Minn. West Publishing Co., 1897. 1897. Retrieved June 29, 2017. A treatise on mechanics' liens boisot.
  19. Northwestrn University, Bulletin of the School of Law, Corporation By-Laws, Address delieverd in the course on Legal Tactics, Evanston, Chicago, October 13, 1902
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