Mark W. Delahay

Biography of Mark W. Delahay

Family Name (Surname): Delahay
First Name: Mark
Middle Name: W.
Date of Birth: , , 1828
Place of Birth (POB): Talbot County , Maryland (US-MD, MD, 24, Md.)
Date of Death: May , 8 , 1879
Place of Death (POD): Kansas City , Kansas (US-KS, KS, 20, KA, Kans., Kan., Ks., Ka.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: United States District Court, District of Kansas
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): 12/14/1863
Judicial Recess Appointment date: 10/06/1863
Seat vacated by: Williams , Archibald
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/15/1863
Committee action: Reported Without Recommendation
Committee action date: 02/03/1864
Senate voice vote?: No
Senate vote Yes/No: 25/14
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 03/15/1864
Commission Date: 03/15/1864
Date of Termination: 12/12/1873
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Resignation

Private practice, Illinois, -1853
Editor, Virginia [Illinois] Observer, 1848-1849
Private practice, Mobile, Alabama, 1853-1855
Private practice, Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, 1855-1857
Owner/editor, The [Kansas] Territorial Register, 1857-
Chief clerk, Kansas Territorial House of Representatives, 1860-1861
Surveyor general of Kansas and Nebraska, 1861-1863
Impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, February 28, 1873; no trial following his resignation as a federal judge.