Edward Henry Durell
Personal
Birthday:
7/14/1810
Birthplace:
Portsmouth, NH
Date of Death:
3/29/1887
Place of Death:
Schoharie, NY
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Pittsburgh, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, 1835-1854
Member, City Council, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1854
Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana
President, Bureau of Finance, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1862-1863
Mayor, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1863
Private practice, Newburgh and Schoharie, New York, 1875-1887
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, January 5, 1864; Senate returned nomination to president, February 3, 1864
Education
Name of School:
Harvard College
Degree Year:
1831
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1834 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
Court Name:
Louisiana Eastern District Court
President Nominating:
Abraham Lincoln
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
02/17/1864
Termination Date:
07/27/1866
Termination Reason:
Reassignment
Court Name - Second:
U. S. District Court, District of Louisiana
Commission Date - Second:
07/27/1866
Termination Date - Second:
12/04/1874
Termination Reason - Second:
Resignation