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Henry Galbraith Ward

Henry Galbraith Ward

Born 1851 in New York, NY

Died 1933 in Shelter Island, Long Island, NY

FJC ID: 2497

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 16/year

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit · 1907–1911Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1907–19241907192019401960198020002024160
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 30/year

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit · 1907–1911Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1907–19241907192019401960198020002024300
citing decisions

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit · 1907–1911Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1907–1924

Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.

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Henry Galbraith Ward (April 19, 1851 – August 24, 1933) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, New York City
    1884–present
  2. Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    1882–1884

Appointments

  1. U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit
    U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit
    1907–1911 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
    Term ended: Abolition of Court
  2. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    1907–1924 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
    Term ended: Retirement

Education

  1. Read law
    1873
  2. University of Pennsylvania
    B.A. · 1870
  3. University of Pennsylvania
    M.A. · 1870