Nathaniel Pope (January 5, 1784 – January 23, 1850) was an American government leader in the early history of the State of Illinois. He served as the Secretary of the Illinois Territory, then as a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Illinois Territory, and for over thirty years as the United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Illinois.
Nathaniel Pope
Born 1784 in Louisville, KY
Died 1850 in St. Louis, MO
FJC ID: 1912
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- U.S. Land Office, Edwardsville, IllinoisRegister · 1818–1819
- Delegate to U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois Territory1816–1818
- Illinois TerritorySecretary · 1809–1816
- Illinois Territorial Militia officer1812
- Private practice, St. Genevieve, Louisiana Territory and Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory1804–1809
- Illinois TerritoryActing governor · 1809
Appointments
- U.S. District Court for the District of Illinois1819–1850 · Appointed by James Monroe (Jeffersonian Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Transylvania University
- Read law1804