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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Statue of Rufus Choate</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Rufus_Choate_by_Daniel_Chester_French.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Rufus_Choate_by_Daniel_Chester_French.jpg/220px-Rufus_Choate_by_Daniel_Chester_French.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="525" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Rufus_Choate_by_Daniel_Chester_French.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="253" data-file-height="604" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Statue of Rufus Choate, c. 1898</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Courthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="John Adams Courthouse">John Adams Courthouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, Massachusetts, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Chester_French" title="Daniel Chester French">Daniel Chester French</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Material</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bronze" title="Bronze">Bronze</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dedicated date</th><td class="infobox-data">October 15, 1898</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dedicated to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rufus_Choate" title="Rufus Choate">Rufus Choate</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Statue" title="Statue">statue</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rufus_Choate" title="Rufus Choate">Rufus Choate</a> stands in the <a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Courthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="John Adams Courthouse">John Adams Courthouse</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. The statue was designed by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Chester_French" title="Daniel Chester French">Daniel Chester French</a> and honors Choate, a lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. It was dedicated in 1898. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Statue_of_Rufus_Choate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rufus Choate was a lawyer and politician from Massachusetts during the early to mid 1800s. He was well known as a lawyer, with <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> calling him "[t]he foremost lawyer of <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> during the decade preceding the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="War of the Rebellion">War of the Rebellion</a>". Also active in politics, Choate would go on to serve in both houses of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Court" title="Massachusetts General Court">Massachusetts General Court</a> as well as both houses of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress">U.S. Congress</a>. He died in 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''The_New_York_Times''1897_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''The_New_York_Times''1897-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When George B. Hyde, a schoolmaster from Boston, died in the late 1800s, he left in his will a bequest of money for the erection of a statue honoring Choate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''The_American_Lawyer''1898451_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''The_American_Lawyer''1898451-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Addresses_Delivered_at_the_Unveiling''18993_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Addresses_Delivered_at_the_Unveiling''18993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sculptor Daniel Chester French was selected to design the monument,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Addresses_Delivered_at_the_Unveiling''18993_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Addresses_Delivered_at_the_Unveiling''18993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was to be built for the opening of the <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County_Courthouse" title="Suffolk County Courthouse">Suffolk County Courthouse</a> (now known as the John Adams Courthouse or the "Old" Suffolk County Courthouse) in <a href="/wiki/Pemberton_Square" title="Pemberton Square">Pemberton Square</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Government_of_Massachusetts''_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Government_of_Massachusetts''-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The statue was dedicated on October 15, 1898, with <a href="/wiki/Boston_mayor" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston mayor">Boston mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Quincy_(1859%E2%80%931919)" title="Josiah Quincy (1859–1919)">Josiah Quincy</a> giving the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bar_Association" title="Boston Bar Association">Boston Bar Association</a> the responsibility for conducting the unveiling ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Addresses_Delivered_at_the_Unveiling''18993_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Addresses_Delivered_at_the_Unveiling''18993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The association had formed a committee for this purpose that included <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Collins_(mayor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Collins (mayor)">Patrick Collins</a>. The ceremony began with an address by Lewis S. Dabney, president of the Boston Bar Association. This was followed by the unveiling of the statue by Benjamin D. Hyde (relative of George Hyde), who presented the statue to the city of Boston. The statue was accepted in an address given by Mayor Quincy, and afterwards, chief justice <a href="/wiki/Walbridge_A._Field" title="Walbridge A. Field">Walbridge A. Field</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court" title="Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court">Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court</a> gave an address where he accepted custodianship of the statue on behalf of the court. The ceremony concluded with a speech given by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Choate_Jr." title="Joseph H. Choate Jr.">Joseph H. Choate Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Addresses_Delivered_at_the_Unveiling''18994_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Addresses_Delivered_at_the_Unveiling''18994-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recent times, before the statue was cleaned, only the left toe of the statue gleamed, as attorneys would rub the toe for good luck.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Government_of_Massachusetts''_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Government_of_Massachusetts''-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Statue_of_Rufus_Choate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The statue is made of bronze and depicts a standing Choate holding papers in his left hand and grabbing his <a href="/wiki/Lapel" title="Lapel">lapel</a> with his right.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The front of the <a href="/wiki/Pedestal" title="Pedestal">pedestal</a> bears the following inscription:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Addresses_Delivered_at_the_Unveiling''18993_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Addresses_Delivered_at_the_Unveiling''18993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>RUFUS CHOATE / 1799–1859 / ERECTED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON / WITH MONEY BEQUEATHED / FOR THE PURPOSE BY / GEORGE B. 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