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Mark W. Delahay

Mark W. Delahay

Kansas District Court

Born 1828 in Talbot County, MD

Died 1879 in Kansas City, KS

FJC ID: 598

Mark William Delahay (1817 – May 8, 1879) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. He resigned after being impeached by the United States House of Representatives due to allegations of alcoholism.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. The [Kansas] Territorial Register
    Owner/editor · 1857–present
  2. Surveyor general of Kansas and Nebraska
    1861–1863
  3. Kansas Territorial House of Representatives
    Chief clerk · 1860–1861
  4. Private practice, Leavenworth, Kansas Territory
    1855–1857
  5. Private practice, Mobile, Alabama
    1853–1855
  6. Private practice, Illinois, -
    1853
  7. Virginia [Illinois] Observer
    Editor · 1848–1849

Appointments

  1. Kansas District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
    1864–1873 · Appointed by Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
    Term ended: Resignation