Lawyer
Centurion, 1916–1918
Born 28 July 1869 in New Rochelle, New York
Died 14 February 1918 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Beechwoods Cemetery
, New Rochelle, New York
Proposed by John Huston Finley and Louis Evan Shipman
Elected 4 November 1916 at age forty-seven
Archivist’s Note: Father of Richard S. Emmet; nephew of Thomas Addis Emmet; father-in-law of Cass Canfield; grandfather of Cass Canfield Jr.
Century Memorial
William Temple Emmet was one of the active public men in New York City politics. Member of the constitutional convention three years after his admission to the bar, he held office in the city’s Board of Education, serving later as State Superintendent of Insurance and then as Public Service Commissioner of the up-state district. He held that office up to the time of his death.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1919 Century Association Yearbook