Thomas Settle
Personal
Birthday:
1/23/1831
Birthplace:
Rockingham County, NC
Date of Death:
12/1/1888
Place of Death:
Raleigh, NC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private secretary, Gov. David S. Reid, North Carolina, 1850-1854
Private practice, Rockingham County, North Carolina, 1854
Member, North Carolina House of Commons, 1854-1859; speaker, 1858-1859
Private practice, North Carolina, 1860-1861
Solicitor, Fourth Judicial Circuit, North Carolina, 1861, 1862-1868
Confederate Army captain, 1861-1862
State senator and speaker, North Carolina, 1866-1868
Associate justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1868-1871, 1872-1876
Minister to Peru, U.S. Department of State, 1871-1872
Education
Name of School:
University of North Carolina
Degree:
A.B.
Degree Year:
1850
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1854 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
Court Name:
Florida Northern District Court
President Nominating:
Ulysses Grant
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
01/30/1877
Termination Date:
12/01/1888
Termination Reason:
Death