Thomas Drummond

Biography of Thomas Drummond

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Drummond
• First Name: Thomas
• Date of Birth: October , 16 , 1809
• Place of Birth (POB): Bristol Mills , Maine (US-ME, ME, 23, Maine, Me.)
• Date of Death: May , 15 , 1890
• Place of Death (POD): Wheaton , Illinois (US-IL, IL, 17, Ill., Il., Ills., Ill's)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Thomas Drummond Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States District Court, District of Illinois
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Zachary Taylor ( Whig )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 01/31/1850
• Seat vacated by: Pope , Nathaniel
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 01/31/1850
• Committee action: Reported Without Recommendation
• Committee action date: 02/19/1850
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 02/19/1850
• Commission Date: 02/19/1850
• Date of Termination: 02/13/1855
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Reassignment

Second Appointment of Thomas Drummond

• Court Name: United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Origin: Reassignment
• New Seat
• Authorization legislation: 10 Stat. 606
• Commission Date: 02/13/1855
• Date of Termination: 12/22/1869
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Third Appointment of Thomas Drummond

• Court Name: U. S. Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit
• Court Type: United States Circuit Court (1869)
• Promoted by President: Ulysses Grant ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/08/1869
• New Seat
• Authorization legislation: 16 Stat. 44
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/08/1869
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 12/22/1869
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 12/22/1869
• Commission Date: 12/22/1869

Thomas Drummond in the Law School

• Name of School: Bowdoin College
• Law Degree Year: 1830

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1833

Thomas Drummond Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Galena, Illinois, 1835-1850
• State representative, Illinois, 1840-1841
• Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, ca. 1841-ca. 1850

Resources

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