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Edward Greely Loring

Edward Greely Loring

Chief Judge — Court of Claims

Born 1802 in Boston, MA

Died 1890 in Winthrop, MA

FJC ID: 3262

Edward Greely Loring (January 28, 1802 – June 18, 1890) was a Judge of Probate in Massachusetts, a United States Commissioner of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and a judge of the Court of Claims. He was reviled in Massachusetts and much of the North for his ordering the return of fugitive slaves Thomas Sims and Anthony Burns to slavery in compliance with the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. His action would result in his being removed as Judge of Probate.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice and master in chancery, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
    1824–present
  2. Suffolk County, Massachusetts
    Judge of probate · 1847–1858
  3. Dane Law School, Harvard University
    Lecturer · 1852–1855

Appointments

  1. Court of ClaimsChief Judge
    1858–1877 · Appointed by James Buchanan (Democratic)
    Term ended: Resignation
  2. 1858–1877
    Term ended: resign

Education

  1. Read law with Charles Greely Loring, Boston, Massachusetts
    1824
  2. Harvard College
    A.B. · 1821