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The Pacific-Union Club is a consolidation of the Pacific and the Union Clubs, two social organizations that existed in San Francisco; the former since the year 1852, and the latter since 1854. The Pacific-Union Club was incorporated in March, 1881, and a consolidation took place in February, 1889.
Articles of Incorporation of the Pacific-Union Club
Dated March 1st, 1881
Know All Men By These Presents:--- That we, the undersigned, having formed an association for social purposes, do hereby incorporate ourselves under the laws of the State of California.
And we certify that the name of such corporation is
"The Pacific-Union Club"
That the purpose for which the said corporation is formed is to acquire and maintain a Club House for social intercourse among its members under such by-laws, rules and regulations as the said corporation shall establish.
That the place where the principal business of the said corporation is to be transacted is the City and County of San Francisco, in the said the State of California.
That the said corporation is to exist for the term of
fifty years from the date of these Articles.
That the number of its directors shall be eight.
And we do further certify that JAMES T. BOYD and C. TEMPLE EMMET were duly appointed the officers to conduct the election for Directors of the said corporation for the first year.
That on the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, an election for Directors to serve the first year was held in the office of the UNION CLUB, on the northwest corner of California and Montgomery Streets, in the City and County of San Francisco aforesaid, at which a majority of the undersigned were present and voted; and that at such election the following Directors were chosen to serve for the first year, viz.:
Archibald McKinlay, Residing at the City and County of
San Francisco.
Donald C. McRuer, Residing at the City and County of
San Francisco.
Richard P. Hammond, Residing at the City and County of
San Francisco.
Horace L. Hill, Residing at the City and County of San
Francisco.
James Freeborn, Residing at the City and County of San
Francisco.
William L. Booker, Residing at the City and County of
San Francisco.
Joseph G. Eastland, Residing at the City and County of
San Francisco.
Charles F. Crocker, Residing at the City and County of
San Francisco.
As will more fully appear by the verified certificate of the officers conducting the said election hereto annexed, and made part of these Articles of Incorporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF--- We have here on to set our Hands first (1st) the date of March, A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight One.
A. McKinlay,
Richard P. Hammond,
Joseph G. Eastland,
Charles F. Crocker,
Horace L. Hill,
James Freeborn,
William Lane Booker
C. Temple Emmet,
James Thomas Boyd,
Donald C. McRuer.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
} ss.
City and County of San Francisco}
On the First day of March, A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty One, before me, George T. Knox, a Notary Public in and aforesaid City and County, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared A. McKinlay, R. P. Hammond, J. G. Eastland, C. F. Crocker, H. L. Hill, J. Freeborn, W. L. Booker, C. T. Emmet, J. T. Boyd, and D. C. McRuer, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to, and who executed the within instrument, and they severally duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed my official seal, at my office in the City and County of San Francisco, the day and year last above written.
[SEAL]
George T. Knox,
Notary Public.
Officers Directors
1921-1922
Officers
President: Kenneth R. Kingsbury
Vice-President: C. O. G. Miller
Secretary: Arthur Goodall
Treasurer: Robert B. Henderson
Directors
Kenneth R. Kingsbury
C. O. G. Miller
Arthur Goodall
Robert B. Henderson
Atholl McBean
R. I. Bentley
J. O. Tobin
Allen L. Chickering
Standing Committees
1921-1922
House Committee
Arthur Goodall
Robert B. Henderson
J. O. Tobin
Auditing Committee
Atholl McBean
R. I. Bentley
Election Committee
1921-1922
Samuel Knight (Chairman)
Charles M. Cooper
Burke Corbet
Edward L. Eyre
James J. Fagan
George S. Garritt
Alfred Holman
Alexander S. Lilley
Marshall P. Madison
William P. Roth
Dean G. Witter
Alternates
Grant Selfridge
Charles R. Blyth
Thomas B. Eastland
George U. Hind
John A. McNear
Andrew P. Welch
The President is ex-officio a member of all committees.
PRESIDENTS
With Dates of Their Election.
Richard P. Hammond
1889
Thomas C. Van Ness
1889-1891
Russell J. Wilson
1891-1892
Jared L. Rathbone
1892
Charles Page
1892-1893
Henry T. Scott
1893-1895
Joseph B. Crockett
1895-1896
Edward W. Hopkins
1896-1897
A. Chesebrough
1897-1898
George Whittell
1898
Chauncey R. Winslow
1898-1899
Horace G. Platt
1899-1900
James W. Byrne
1900-1902
W. Mayo Newhall
1902-1903
James W. Byrne
1903-1905
Wakefield Baker
1905-1906
Edgar J. De Pue
1906-1908
William B. Bourn
1908-1911
Archibald C. Kains
1909
Albert H. Payson
1911-1912
George A. Pope
1912-1913
William H. Crocker
1913-1914
Charles K. McIntosh
1914-1915
Charles P. Eells
1915-1916
Frederick S. Moody
1916-1917
Frederick S. Moody
1917-1918
William Sproule
1918-1919
Frank D. Madison
1919-1920
Frank D. Madison
1920-1921
Kenneth R. Kingsbury
1921-1922
Vice-Presidents
With Dates of Their Election.
Joseph G. Eastland
1889
Winfield S. Keyes
1889-1892
John Scott Wilson
1892
Winfield S. Keyes
1892-1893
William F. Goad
1893-1894
Charles Webb Howard
1894-1896
Russell J. Wilson
1896-1897
William Babcock
1897
Charles Page
1897-1898
Chauncey R. Winslow
1898
George W. Spencer
1898-1902
Wakefield Baker
1902-1904
Timothy Hopkins
1905
William S. Tevis
1905-1906
Frederick W. Van Sicklen
1906-1907
Robert P. Rithet
1907-1911
Frank B. Anderson
1911-1912
William A. Bissell
1912-1913
Charles K. McIntosh
1913-1914
Frederick S. Moody
1914
Charles P. Eells
1914-1915
Vanderlynn Stow
1915-1916
C. Frederick Kohl
1916-1917
C. Frederick Kohl
1917-1918
John A. McGregor
1918-1919
Kenneth R. Kingsbury
1919-1920
Kenneth R. Kingsbury
1920-1921
C. O. G. Miller
1921-1922
Secretaries
With Dates of Their Election.
Charles F. Crocker
1889
Joseph M. Quay
1889-1891
Harold Wheeler
1891-1892
W. F. Russell
1892
L. Carroll McAfee
1892-1893
Charles P. Eells
1893-1895
Henry J. Crocker
1895-1896
George A. Newhall
1896-1897
James W. Byrne
1897
Gates D. Fahnestock
1897-1898
George W. Spencer
1898
Bernard Faymonville
1898-1899
James W. Reid
1899-1900
Thomas Binny
1900-1901
Charles E. Green
1901-1902
Warren D. Clark
1902-1903
George A. Pope
1903
Timothy Hopkins
1903-1904
Joseph M. Quay
1905
Frederick S. Moody
1905
John C. Augsbury
1905-1906
George A. Pope
1906-1907
Samuel Knight
1907-1908
George Boyd
1908-1912
Horace D. Pillsbury
1912-1913
Atholl McBean
1913-1914
Atholl McBean
1914-1915
Spencer C. Buckbee
1915-1916
Frederick D. Van Sicklen
1916-1917
Frederick D. Van Sicklen
1917
Eugene Lent
1917-1918
Kenneth R. Kingsbury
1918-1919
Robert G. Hooker
1919-1920
Robert G. Hooker
1920-1921
Arthur Goodall
1921-1922
Treasurers
With Dates of Their Election.
John McKee
1889-1892
W. H. H. Benyaurd
1892
John McKee
1892-1893
William Babcock
1893-1895
James D. Phelan
1895-1897
Edgar J. De Pue
1897
George W. Spencer
1897-1898
John I. Sabin
1898-1900
Alexander F. Morrison
1900-1901
Joseph A. Donahoe
1901-1902
Timothy Hopkins
1902
George A. Pope
1902-1903
Timothy Hopkins
1903-1904
George A. Pope
1904-1905
Clinton E. Worden
1905-1906
Charles K. McIntosh
1906-1907
Norman D. Rideout
1907
George Babcock
1907-1908
George A. Newhall
1908
William Irwin
1908-1909
Archibald C. Kains
1909-1911
William Babcock
1909
Frank G. Drum
1911-1914
Charles P. Eells
1914
John D. McKee
1914-1915
Samuel Knight
1915-1916
Ernest R. Folger
1916-1917
John S. Drum
1917-1918
Edgar J. De Pue
1918-1919
Wigginton E. Creed
1919-1920
Wigginton E. Creed
1920-1921
Robert B. Henderson
1921-1922