Leonard Eugene Wales
Personal
Birthday:
11/26/1823
Birthplace:
Wilmington, DE
Date of Death:
2/8/1897
Place of Death:
Wilmington, DE
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Editor, Delaware State Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, 1848-1850
Clerk, U.S. District Court and U.S. Circuit Court, District of Delaware, 1849-1864
City solicitor, Wilmington, Delaware, 1853-1854
U.S. Army second lieutenant, First Delaware Volunteers, 1861
Judge, Superior Court of Delaware, 1864-1884
Education
Name of School:
Yale College
Degree Year:
1845
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1848 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, District of Delaware
Court Name:
Delaware District Court
President Nominating:
Chester A. Arthur
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
03/20/1884
Termination Date:
02/08/1897
Termination Reason:
Death