Ebenezer Peck

Biography of Ebenezer Peck

Family Name (Surname): Peck
First Name: Ebenezer
Date of Birth: May , 22 , 1805
Place of Birth (POB): Portland , Maine (US-ME, ME, 23, Maine, Me.)
Date of Death: May , 25 , 1881
Place of Death (POD): Chicago , Illinois (US-IL, IL, 17, Ill., Il., Ills., Ill's)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: Court of Claims
Court Type: Court of Claims
Appointment under the Presidency of: Abraham Lincoln ( Republican )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 03/06/1863
Seat vacated by: , 12 Stat. 765
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 03/07/1863
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 03/09/1863
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 03/10/1863
Commission Date: 03/10/1863
Date of Termination: 05/01/1878
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Resignation

Private practice, Stanstead and Sherbrooke, Lower Canada (now Quebec), 1827-1833
King's counsel for Lower Canada (now Quebec), 1833
Member, Legislative Assembly for the Province of Lower Canada (now Quebec), 1829-1835
Internal improvement commissioner, Chicago, Illinois, 1837
State senator, Illinois, 1838-1839
State representative, Illinois, 1840-1842, 1858-1860
Clerk, Illinois Supreme Court, 1841-1848
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1846-1863
Publisher and editor, The Argus, Chicago, Illinois, 1850
Reporter, Illinois Supreme Court, 1849-1863