William Adams Richardson
Biography of William Adams Richardson
Biographic Details
- Family Name (Surname): Richardson
- First Name: William
- Middle Name: Adams
- Date of Birth: November , 2 , 1821
- Place of Birth (POB): Tyngsboro , Massachusetts (US-MA, MA, 25, Mass.)
- Date of Death: October , 19 , 1896
- Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
- Gender Identity: Male
- Race or Ethnicity: White
William Adams Richardson Court Service Information
- Court Name: Court of Claims
- Court Type: Court of Claims
- Appointment under the Presidency of: Ulysses Grant ( Republican )
- Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 06/01/1874
- Seat vacated by: Milligan , Samuel
- Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 06/01/1874
- Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
- Committee action date: 06/02/1874
- Senate voice vote?: No
- Senate vote Yes/No: 27/20
- Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 06/02/1874
- Commission Date: 06/02/1874
- Date of Termination: 01/20/1885
- Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Second Appointment of William Adams Richardson
- Court Name: Court of Claims, Chief Justice
- Court Type: Court of Claims
- Promoted by President: Chester A. Arthur ( Republican )
- Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 01/15/1885
- Seat vacated by: Drake , Charles D.
- Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 01/15/1885
- Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
- Committee action: 01/20/1885
- Senate voice vote?: Yes
- Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 01/20/1885
- Commission Date: 01/20/1885
- Date of Termination: 10/19/1896
- Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death
William Adams Richardson in the Law School
- Name of School: Harvard College
- Degree: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
- Law Degree Year: 1843
Second Law School Attendance
- Law Degree (Name of School): Harvard College
- Degree: Master of Arts (A.M.)
- Law Degree Year: 1846
Third Law School Attendance
- Law Degree (Name of School): Harvard Law School
- Degree: Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B.)
- Law Degree Year: 1846
William Adams Richardson Career Path
Employment:
- Private practice, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1846
- Justice of the peace, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1847-1854
- Bank president, Wamesit, Massachusetts, 1852-1853
- Judge, Middlesex County [Massachusetts] Probate Court, 1856-1858
- Judge, Middlesex County [Massachusetts] Probate and Insolvency Courts, 1858-1872
- Assistant secretary of the treasury, 1869-1872
- Acting attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1870
- Secretary of the Treasury, 1873-1874
- Editor, Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States, 1874-1891
- Professor of law, Georgetown Law School, 1879-1894
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