Isaac Newton Blackford

Biography of Isaac Newton Blackford

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Blackford
• First Name: Isaac
• Middle Name: Newton
• Date of Birth: November , 6 , 1786
• Place of Birth (POB): Bound Brook , New Jersey (US-NJ, NJ, 34, N.J.)
• Date of Death: December , 31 , 1859
• Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Isaac Newton Blackford Court Service Information

• Court Name: Court of Claims
• Court Type: Court of Claims
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Franklin Pierce ( Democratic )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 03/03/1855
• Seat vacated by: , 10 Stat. 612
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 03/03/1855
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 03/03/1855
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 03/03/1855
• Commission Date: 03/03/1855
• Date of Termination: 12/31/1859
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Isaac Newton Blackford in the Law School

• Name of School: College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
• Law Degree Year: 1806

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law with Col. George McDonald, Somerville, New Jersey
• Law Degree Year: 1810

Third Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law with Judge Gabriel Ford, Morristown, New Jersey
• Law Degree Year: 1810

Isaac Newton Blackford Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Indiana Territory, 1812-1813
• First clerk and recorder, Washington County, Indiana Territory, 1813
• Clerk, Indiana Territorial Legislature, 1813
• Judge, Circuit Court of Indiana Territory, First Judicial Circuit, 1814-1815
• State representative and speaker of the house, Indiana, 1817
• Judge, Indiana Supreme Court, 1817-1853
• Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1853-1855

• Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Presiding Judge, Court of Claims, 1858-1859

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