Isaac Newton Blackford
Personal
Birthday:
11/6/1786
Birthplace:
Bound Brook, NJ
Date of Death:
12/31/1859
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Indiana Territory, 1812-1813
First clerk and recorder, Washington County, Indiana Territory, 1813
Clerk, Indiana Territorial Legislature, 1813
Judge, Circuit Court of Indiana Territory, First Judicial Circuit, 1814-1815
State representative and speaker of the house, Indiana, 1817
Judge, Indiana Supreme Court, 1817-1853
Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1853-1855
Education
Name of School:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
Degree Year:
1806
Name of School - Second:
Read law with Col. George McDonald, Somerville, New Jersey
Degree Year - Second:
1810
Name of School - Third:
Read law with Judge Gabriel Ford, Morristown, New Jersey
Degree Year - Third:
1810 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Court of Claims
Court Name:
United States Court of Federal Claims
President Nominating:
Franklin Pierce
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
03/03/1855
Termination Date:
12/31/1859
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Presiding Judge, Court of Claims, 1858-1859