Levi Woodbury

Biography of Levi Woodbury

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Woodbury
• First Name: Levi
• Date of Birth: December , 22 , 1789
• Place of Birth (POB): Francestown , New Hampshire (US-NH, NH, 33, N.H)
• Date of Death: September , 4 , 1851
• Place of Death (POD): Portsmouth , New Hampshire (US-NH, NH, 33, N.H)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Levi Woodbury Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: James K. Polk ( Democratic )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/23/1845
• Judicial Recess Appointment date: 09/20/1845
• Seat vacated by: Story , Joseph
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/23/1845
• Committee action: Reported Without Recommendation
• Committee action date: 01/03/1846
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 01/03/1846
• Commission Date: 01/03/1846
• Date of Termination: 09/04/1851
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Levi Woodbury in the Law School

• Name of School: Dartmouth College
• Law Degree Year: 1809

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: 1812

Levi Woodbury Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Francestown, New Hampshire, 1812-1816
• Clerk, New Hampshire State Senate, 1816-1817
• Associate justice, New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature, 1817-1823
• Governor, New Hampshire, 1823-1824
• Private practice, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1824
• Speaker, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1825
• U.S. senator from New Hampshire, 1825-1831, 1841-1845
• State senator-elect (did not serve), New Hampshire, 1831
• Secretary of the Navy, 1831-1834
• Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-1841
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• First Circuit, ca. October 1, 1845-September 4, 1851

Resources

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