310              HISTORY   OF  THE  BENCH  AND  BAR  OE  NEW  YORK

tion he filled with signal success. His thorough knowledge of par¬
liamentary law, his prompt and impartial rulings and uniformly
courteous bearing, even under the most trying circumstances, won for
him the regard and esteem of the House, irrespective of party. In the
fall of 1877 he was elected State Senator for Hudson County for the
term of three years, and filled the position, as he had that of member
of the House, with honor to himself and to the satisfaction of his con¬
stituents. He was a delegate to the national Democratic convention
which in 1876 nominated Samuel J. Tilden for the presidency.

In 1887, with a number of the prominent men of Hoboken, he organ¬
ized the Second Kational Bank of Hoboken, and was elected president,
which position he still holds. Since the expiration of his term as
Senator, in 1880, while not losing his interest in good government, his
increasing legal practice and duties as president of this bank have
demanded all his time.

He was married in 1866 to Elizabeth, daughter of John Lusby, of
New York City. They.have two children. Since 1869 Mr. Rabe has
resided in Hoboken.   .
 

\ AECENER, LOUIS,CHRISTIAN (born in.New York City,
Apiir29,1856), is the son of Reverend Hermann Raegener
and Dorothea von Ramdohr, ..his parents coming to this
countryih 1855. His mother was the daughter of an officer in
the British army. His father, pastor of Saint Mark's Lutheran Church
of New York for many years until he retired from the ministry, was
the son of a clergyman. Mr. Raegener attended the public schools in
New York City, and was graduated from Columbia College in 1876,
receiving the degree of master of arts in 1878. He studied law with
Coudert Brothers, of New York City, and was graduated from Colum¬
bia College Law School in 1878. The same year he was admitted to
the bar, and together with Honorable P. Henry Dugro, now judge
of the Supreme Court, formed the firm of Dugro & Raegener. Upon
the elevation of Judge Dugro to the bench he became associated
with Paul Goepel, his present partner, under the firm name of Goepel
& Raegener. This firm is principally engaged, in patent, trade-mark,
and copyright litigation.

Mr. Raegener is counsel to the Venezuelan government and to many
important corporations. For meritorious services rendered the Vene¬
zuelan government recently decorated him with the "Busto del Liber-
tador." He has acted as referee in many important cases. In 1883 he
was appointed special assistant to the United States district attorney,
and prosecuted the suit of the United States vs. Gunning, for the pur¬
pose of vacating United States letters patent which had been fraud¬
ulently obtained. This was practically the first suit of the kind, and
was subsequently followed in the Bell Telephone and other litigation