John Lambert Cadwalader

John Lambert Cadwalader (November 11, 1836 – March 11, 1914) was an American lawyer. Early life John Lambert Cadwalader was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on November 17, 1836. He was the eldest son of General Thomas McCall Cadwalader (1795–1873) and the former Maria Charlotte Gouverneur (1801–1867). His siblings included Emily Cadwalader (wife of William Henry Rawle), Mary Cadwalader (wife of Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell), Richard McCall Cadwalader (husband of Christine Biddle), and Maria Cadwalader (wife of John Hone). On his paternal side, his grandfather was Lambert Cadwalader, and his great-grandfather was Thomas Cadwalader. His maternal uncle was Samuel L. Gouverneur. His mother was a niece of Elizabeth (née Kortright) Monroe, the wife of U.S. President James Monroe. He graduated from Princeton University in 1856, then obtained an M.A. degree in 1859 from Princeton, and LLB from Harvard Law School in 1860.