Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington, Seattle, Lowman and Hanford Co., 1922. p. 194. JUDGE HIRAM E. HADLEY, of the firm of Hadley, Hay & Hadley, of Seattle, is one of the best qualified lawyers in the northwest, a man whose success is well known. Judge Hadley is a native of Indiana, and was born in 1854. He received his early educational training in Quaker schools, principally at Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. It was in 1908 that this institution conferred upon his the degree of LL. D. In 1877 he graduated at Union College of Law, no Northwestern University Law School, and began active practice of his profession the same year in Bloomington, Ill. Four years later he located in Rockville, Indiana, and remained there until 1889. The same year he located in Bellingham, Washington, where he practiced until 1897. It was then that he went on the superior bench. In 1891 he became a member of the firm of Dorr, Hadley, & Hadley. This partnership was dissolved when Judge Hadley went on the superior bench, but later the partnership was resumed in Seattle, after Judge Hadley had left the bench. In 1901 Judge Hadley was named for the Supreme bench of Washington and served about eight years, two years of which time he was Chief Justice. I am perfectly correct in saying, and I have a majority of the attorneys behind me in my opinion, that Judge Hadley made one of the most ideal supreme judges that Washington ever had. Many of the most important cases were assigned judgment and the great amount of care he always exercised in preparing his opinions won for him the deep respect and esteem of bench and bar alike. Submitted by: Judy Bivens * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.