John Curtiss Underwood

Biography of John Curtiss Underwood

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Underwood
• First Name: John
• Middle Name: Curtiss
• Date of Birth: March , 14 , 1809
• Place of Birth (POB): Litchfield , New York (US-NY, NY, 36, N.Y., N. York)
• Date of Death: December , 7 , 1873
• Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

John Curtiss Underwood Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
• 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): 01/05/1864
• Judicial Recess Appointment date: 03/27/1863
• Seat vacated by: Halyburton , James D.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 01/07/1864
• Committee action: Reported Without Recommendation
• Committee action date: 01/18/1864
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 01/25/1864
• Commission Date: 01/25/1864
• Date of Termination: 06/11/1864
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Reassignment

Second Appointment of John Curtiss Underwood

• Court Name: United States District Court, District of Virginia
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Origin: Reassignment
• New Seat
• Authorization legislation: 13 Stat. 124
• Commission Date: 06/11/1864
• Date of Termination: 02/03/1871
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Reassignment

Third Appointment of John Curtiss Underwood

• Court Name: U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Origin: Reassignment
• New Seat
• Authorization legislation: 16 Stat. 403
• Commission Date: 02/03/1871

John Curtiss Underwood in the Law School

• Name of School: Hamilton College
• Law Degree Year: 1832

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law

John Curtiss Underwood Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Herkimer County, New York, -ca. 1839
• Private practice, ca. 1839-1856
• Secretary, Emigrant Aid and Homestead Society, 1856-1861
• Fifth auditor, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1861-1863
• U.S. senator-elect from Virginia (not seated), 1865

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