James Riley Hodder
James Riley Hodder was a patent attorney and yachtsman who served as commodore of the Winthrop and Boston Yacht Clubs.
Education
He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School in a combined four years and was an active member of Harvard’s Class of 1894. He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar at age 21. He practiced in Federal courts and before the United States Supreme Court. One of the first patents he won for his client at the time, United Shoe Company, was for the aglet, the tag covering the tips of shoelaces, in the 1890s.
Life
Hodder taught himself how to sail as a child in Cincinnati on the Ohio River. He owned 33 sailing yachts over the course of his life and was a member of the executive committee of the Massachusetts Yacht Racing Association. He was an early member of the Winthrop Yacht Club and was instrumental in moving the club to Marblehead in 1904.[1]. There, he helped found the Boston to Halifax race, which is named after him[2]
Family
James Riley Hodder was the great-grandson of Captain James Riley. He was married to Gertrude Caldwell Clark for 61 years, until her death at 88, one year before his[3]. They had four children, three daughters and a son, Clark Hodder, renowned Harvard athlete and Massachusetts Amateur Golf champion, and 12 grandchildren.
References
- ↑ Brown, The History of American Yachts and Yachtsmen
- ↑ James R. Hodder Regatta, https://theclubspot.com/regatta/PAjimeymOZ
- ↑ James Riley Hodder, 89, Yachtsman and Lawyer https://www.nytimes.com/1962/09/21/archives/james-riley-hodder-89-yachtsman-and-lawyer.html
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