A Pacific-Union Club
Club Rooms
1000 California Street
San Francisco
January 1922
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 There
are 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
With Dates of There are 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 There are 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 Bearer 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