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CADWALADER, Thomas, physician, b. in Philadelpliia. Pa., in 1708; d. near Trenton, N. J., 14 NoT., 177K. He )>egan the study of medicine in Philadelphia and completed his course in London. About 1731 he re- turned to Phila- delphia, and con- tinued his profes- sion there for fif- teen years. During the winter of Ti6- '7 he is mentioned as one of the physi- cians that mocu- lated for the small- pox. In 1746 he removed to Tren- ton, N. J., but in 1750 he returned to Philatlelphia, He subscribed in S[tai'r.^of Pennsylvania hospital, uf wliioh he became one of the original physicians, and in the same year woa elected a niemtx-rof the common council, in which he served until 1 774. Dr. l'a<lwaladcr was called to the provincial council on 3 Nov., 1755, and signed the non-importation articles. In July, 1776, the committee of safety of Pennsylvania appointed him on a committer for the examination of all candidates that applied for the [lost of surgeon in the navy, and at the same time he was appointed a medical director of the army hospitals. In 177H he 8ucceeded the elder William Shippen as surgeon of Pennsylvania hospital, and previously, in 1765, he had Ix-en elected trust«ie of the Medical college of Philaili'lphia, where hegaveacourtie of lectures. Dr. (-'HdwHliKler was a member of the American philosoptiii'al wK-iety and the .Xmerican Sfx-icty for rromotnif; useful knowli'd)?e iK-fore their union in 76U. He was one of the original cor|>orat'jni of the Philadelphia library comiuiny in ITdl. It is reported that he saved the life of a son of Uov. Jonathan Belcher by the application of electricity before 1750, and he published an " Kssay on the West India Dry Gri|i<'s" (1<45). Its pur|M)sv was to prove that (juicksilver and drastic iiurgativcs were highly injurious to the system, lie was the father of (ten. •lohn Ciulwalailer and of Uol. l<ani- bert Cailwaliwler. — II is grandson, Thuuias, soldier, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., "ia <X-t., 177U; d. there, ai Oct., 1841, was the son of (ien. John (.'adwaliuler, and was griuluated at the L'tiiversily of Pennsyl- vania in 170'). After studying law he was ad- mitted to the tmr, but took charge of the interests of the Penn family, which withdrew him from practice. In April, 171HI, he was a private soldier ID a cavalry troop, and was one of the sixteen that captured the ringleaders of the insurrection in Pennsylvania. During the war of 1812 he was a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry, and he was afterward apiMiinted tocomiiiandlhe advuncetl light-brigade. Under Gen. ( mlwalader's training these troo|>s U.'- caine remarkable for their ellleieney and discipline. In 1812 he was appointed inajor-geiieral of tliu 1st division of Pennsylvania niilitiit. With Wintield Scott andZachary Taylor he wasap|Hiint<.-d in 182U to revise the tactiia) of the U. S. army. In 1816 he was appointetl a trustee of the University of Pennsylvauia.— His son, John, lawyer, b. in Philadel- phia, Pa., 1 April, 1805; d. there, 26 Jan., 1879, was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1821, and in 1825, after studying law with Horace Binney, was admitted to the bar. The place of solicitor of the Bank of the United States was given to him by his relative, Nicholas Biddle, then its president, and his services were also re- tained by the government in important eases, among which was the Blackburne cloth prosecu- tion. Mr. C'a<lwalader afterward confined himself to private practice in his profession, and was one of the best-known commercial lawvers in the United States. In 1844, after the riots of that year, he raised a company for the city artillery composed chiefly of lawyers, which was partially supported by the city authorities. He was elected to congress as a Democrat and served from 3 Dec., 185.5, till 3 March, 1857. In 1858 he was appointed judge of the U. S. district court, and he served thereafter on the bench until his death. The degree of LL. D. was conferred on him by the University of Pennsylvania in 1870. — Dr. Thomas's grandson, Thomas, soldier, b. near Trenton, N. J., 11 Sept.. 171)5; d. there, 22 Oct., 1873, was the son of Col. Lambert Cadwalader (q. v). He was boni at Greenwood, a profwrtv that was purchased by his father in 1776, and is still owned by the family. Young Cadwalader was graduated at Princeton in 1815 and then studied law, but never practised. He was ap|>ointed deputy adjutant- general of the New Jersey militia on 2 June, 1830, aide-de-camp to the governor, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and luljulant-gencral of the state, with the rank of brigadier-general, on 30 July, 1842. This oHlce he retained through sev- eral political changes, until his resignation on 26 Jan., 1858. In 1850, at the request of the gov- ernor, he travelled through various Kuropeau countries and reported on the fire-arms there in use, which report was priuted. He was brevettcd major-general in Man^h, 1858, in pursuance of a special act of the legislature for his long and meritorious services. — His son, John Lambert, lawyer, b. near Trenton, N. J., 17 Nov.. 1830, was graduated at Princeton in 1856 and at Harvard law-school in 1860. His legal studies were made with Daniel I-ord in New York city, ami subse- quently he practised his profession in that iilace. During lK74-"6 he was assistant secretary of state under Hamilton Fish. — Another son, Richard McCall, lawyer, b. in Trenton, N. J., 17 Sept., 183l», was graduated at Princeton in I860, and at Harvard law-school in 1863. He wa.s admitted lo the Philadelphia bar in 1864, where he has since practised. Mr. Cadwalader is the author of " The Law of Ground Rents" (Philadelphia. 1870).

CAFFERY, Donoldson, senator, b. in the par- ish of St. Mary, La., 10 Sept., 183.5, and was edu-' caled at St. Mary's, Maryland. He was admitted to the bar of his native' state, and served in the Confederate army, first in the 30th Ix>uisiana regiment, and sul»e<|uently on the staff of Gen. Walker. .t the close of the war he enga^'d in sugar-planting, and continued to practise his pro- fession of I he Taw. He was a memlier of the con- stitutional couvention of 1870, and was elected to the slate senate in 1892. He was later appointed by the governor U. S. senator, to succeed Kandall Lee Gibson, deceased, and look his seat in Jaim- ary, 1803. He has served on coiiiinittees on claims, manufactures, education and labor, pensions, and