Ward Hunt

Biography of Ward Hunt

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Hunt
• First Name: Ward
• Date of Birth: June , 14 , 1810
• Place of Birth (POB): Utica , New York (US-NY, NY, 36, N.Y., N. York)
• Date of Death: March , 24 , 1886
• Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Ward Hunt Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Ulysses Grant ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/03/1872
• Seat vacated by: Nelson , Samuel
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/06/1872
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 12/11/1872
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 12/11/1872
• Commission Date: 12/11/1872
• Date of Termination: 01/27/1882
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Retirement

Ward Hunt in the Law School

• Name of School: Union College
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
• Law Degree Year: 1828

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Litchfield (Tapping Reeve) Law School

Third Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1831

Ward Hunt Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Utica, New York, 1832-1865
• State assemblyman, New York, 1838
• Mayor, Utica, New York, 1844
• Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, 1865-1869; chief judge, 1868-1869
• Commissioner of appeals, State of New York, 1869-1872

• Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Second Circuit, April 28, 1873-January 27, 1882

Resources

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