Its presidents have been noted merchants, financiers, jurists and professional men. Daniel McCormick was the first president, serving from 1784 to 1788, and in 1793 and 1794, and again from 1797 to 1827. Other presidents of this venerable Society were: William Constable, 1789, 1790 and 1795; Alexander Macomb, 1791; Thomas Roach, 1792; George Pollock, 1796; John Chambers, 1828 to 1833; James McBride, 1834; Campbell P. White, 1835 to 1838; Dr. Robert Hogan, 1839 to 1842; James Reyburn, 1843 to 1850; Richard Bell, 1851–1852 and 1865; Joseph Stuart, 1853–1856 and 1866; Samuel Sloan, 1857–1858; Richard O’Gorman, 1859; Charles P. Daly, 1860–1862, 1870, 1878–1884; James T. Brady, 1863–1864; Henry L. Hoguet, 1867; John R. Brady, 1868 and 1871–1874; Eugene Kelly, 1869; Thomas Barbour, 1875–1876; Hugh J. Hastings, 1877; Joseph J. O’Donohue, 1885–1886, 1888–1889; James R. Cuming, 1887; David McClure, 1890–1891; John D. Crimmins, 1892–1894; James S. Coleman, 1895–1896; Morgan J. O’Brien, 1897–1899; James A. O’Gorman, 1900–1902; James Fitzgerald, 1903–1905; Joseph I. C. Clarke, 1906; Michael J. Drummond, 1907; Stephen Farrelly, 1908; William Temple Emmet, 1908–1909. The surprising growth of New York is well shown by the steady march up-town of the places where the anniversary dinners of the Society have been held since its organization to the present time. 1784 Cape’s Tavern. (Now No. 115 Broadway.) 1785 The Coffee House. (Mr. Bradford’s, in Water Street, near Wall Street.) 1786 The Coffee House. 1787 The Coffee House. 1788 Merchants’ Coffee House. (S. E. Cor. Wall and Water Streets.) 1789 to 1794 The City Tavern. (115 Broadway.) 1795 to 1803 The Tontine Coffee House. (N. W. Cor. Wall and Water Streets.) 1804 The Old Coffee House. (In Water Street, near Wall Street.) 1805 and 1806 The Tontine Coffee House. 1807 Phoenix Coffee House. (Wall Street.) 1808 Mechanics’ Hall. (N. W. Cor. Broadway and Park Place.) 1809 to 1815 The Tontine Coffee House. 1816 Washington Hall. (Now No. 280 Broadway.) 1817 The Tontine Coffee House. 1818 to 1832 The Bank Coffee House. (S. E. Cor. Pine and William Streets.) 1833 to 1835 The City Hotel. (115 Broadway.) 1836 and 1837 Washington Hotel. (No. 1 Broadway.) 1838 Carlton House. (N. E. Cor. Broadway and Leonard Streets.) 1839 City Hotel. 1840 Niblo’s Tavern. (Broadway and Prince Street.) 1841 to 1846 City Hotel. 1847 and 1848 No dinners—Irish famine years. 1849 City Hotel. 1850 Delmonico’s Hotel. (William Street.) 1851 to 1856 Astor House. 1857 to 1862 Metropolitan Hotel. 1863 Delmonico’s. (Broadway and Chambers Street.) 1864 to 1868 Delmonico’s. (14th Street and Fifth Avenue.) 1869 and 1870 St. James Hotel. 1871 Hoffman House. 1872 Hotel Brunswick. 1873 and 1874 Delmonico’s. (14th Street and Fifth Avenue.) 1875 Hoffman House. 1876 and 1877 Delmonico’s. (14th Street and Fifth Avenue.)