Winthrop Welles Ketcham

Biography of Winthrop Welles Ketcham

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Ketcham
• First Name: Winthrop
• Middle Name: Welles
• Date of Birth: June , 29 , 1820
• Place of Birth (POB): Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania (US-PA, PA, 42, Pa., Penn., Penna.)
• Date of Death: December , 6 , 1879
• Place of Death (POD): Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania (US-PA, PA, 42, Pa., Penn., Penna.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Winthrop Welles Ketcham Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Ulysses Grant ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 06/07/1876
• Seat vacated by: McCandless , Wilson
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 06/07/1876
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 06/26/1876
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 06/26/1876
• Commission Date: 06/26/1876
• Date of Termination: 12/06/1879
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Winthrop Welles Ketcham in the Law School

• Name of School: Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1850

Winthrop Welles Ketcham Career Path

Employment:

• Teacher, Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1848-1849
• Private practice, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1850-1855, 1861-1863, 1867-1873
• Prothonotary, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 1855-1858
• State representative, Pennsylvania, 1858
• State senator, Pennsylvania, 1859-1861
• Solicitor, U.S. Court of Claims, 1864-1866
• U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1873-1876

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