Thomas Richard Purnell
Personal
Birthday:
11/11/1847
Birthplace:
Wilmington, NC
Date of Death:
12/19/1908
Place of Death:
Raleigh, NC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland and Salem, North Carolina, 1870-1873
Librarian, State of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1873-1876
State representative, North Carolina, 1876-1877
Commissioner, U.S. Circuit Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1877-1891
State senator, North Carolina, 1883-1884
Private practice, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1876-1897
Candidate for attorney general, State of North Carolina, 1892
Education
Name of School:
Trinity College (now Duke University)
Degree Year:
1869
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1869 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
Court Name:
North Carolina Eastern District Court
President Nominating:
William McKinley
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
05/05/1897
Termination Date:
12/19/1908
Termination Reason:
Death