Answer: John Lambert Cadwalader was in his 20s when his second cousin, General George Cadwalader, became a subject of Lincoln’s famous refusal to recognize the Supreme Court’s ruling. Technically, George Cadwalader wasn’t properly served with his contempt charge as his soldiers physically prevented Taney’s message from reaching the general.
John Lambert Cadwalader would join the firm previously known as Strong, Bidwell & Strong and after the later additions of George W. Wickersham and Henry W. Taft (brother of the president/chief justice), that firm would become Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
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