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the U.S. Supreme Court and Grover Cleveland presided over the centennial celebration of the federal judiciary of the United States at the Lenox Lyceum (pictured) in 1890?
The Lenox Lyceum banquet was presided over by James C. Carter, not by the Supreme Court and Grover Cleveland. Cleveland and the justices attended and spoke, but they were not the presiding officers of the event at that venue.
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A contemporaneous government compilation of the Centennial Celebration of the Organization of the Federal Judiciary says that at "THE BANQUET AT THE LENOX LYCEUM" there were "Over eight hundred persons" present, with "James C. Carter, Esq., ... presiding and acting as toastmaster." The same source then explains that the Chief Justice, associate justices, and Grover Cleveland were seated at the presiding officer's table—that is, they were guests, not the people presiding over the banquet.
A second historical source summarizing the same event likewise says that "James C. Carter of the New York bar was toast-master" at the banquet. So the post's wording is inaccurate: the Supreme Court and Cleveland were prominent attendees/speakers, but the person who presided at the Lenox Lyceum banquet was James C. Carter.
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- Appendix: Centennial Celebration of the Organization of the Federal Judiciary
"THE BANQUET AT THE LENOX LYCEUM, MADISON AVENUE. Over eight hundred persons sat down to dinner in the Lenox Lyceum, James C. Carter, Esq., of the Bar of the city of New York, presiding and acting as toastmaster." The appendix then states that the Chief Justice, Associate Justices, and "Mr. Grover Cleveland" were seated at the table.
- History of the City of New York: Its Origin, Rise, and Progress
Describing the February 4, 1890 banquet at the Lenox Lyceum, the book says: "On this occasion James C. Carter of the New York bar was toast-master, and speeches were made..."