American Bar Association

1916

Senator George Sutherland of Utah was elected president of the American Bar Association for 1917, defeating by four votes Walter George Smith of Philadelphia. The vote was 26 for Senator Sutherland and 22 for Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith was put on the executive committee.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.