Edward Henry Durell

Biography of Edward Henry Durell

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Durell
• First Name: Edward
• Middle Name: Henry
• Date of Birth: July , 14 , 1810
• Place of Birth (POB): Portsmouth , New Hampshire (US-NH, NH, 33, N.H)
• Date of Death: March , 29 , 1887
• Place of Death (POD): Schoharie , New York (US-NY, NY, 36, N.Y., N. York)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Edward Henry Durell Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Abraham Lincoln ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 02/08/1864
• Judicial Recess Appointment date: 05/20/1863
• Seat vacated by: McCaleb , Theodore
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 02/08/1864
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 02/17/1864
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 02/17/1864
• Commission Date: 02/17/1864
• Date of Termination: 07/27/1866
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Reassignment

Second Appointment of Edward Henry Durell

• Court Name: United States District Court, District of Louisiana
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Origin: Reassignment
• New Seat
• Authorization legislation: 14 Stat. 300
• Commission Date: 07/27/1866
• Date of Termination: 12/04/1874
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Resignation

Edward Henry Durell in the Law School

• Name of School: Harvard College
• Law Degree Year: 1831

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1834

Edward Henry Durell Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Pittsburgh, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, 1835-1854
• Member, City Council, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1854
• Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana
• President, Bureau of Finance, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1862-1863
• Mayor, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1863
• Private practice, Newburgh and Schoharie, New York, 1875-1887
• Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, January 5, 1864; Senate returned nomination to president, February 3, 1864

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