Thomas Settle (January 23, 1831 – December 1, 1888) was a United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Peru, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Thomas Settle
Florida Northern District Court
Born 1831 in Rockingham County, NC
Died 1888 in Raleigh, NC
FJC ID: 2148
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Supreme Court of North CarolinaAssociate justice · 1868–1871, 1872–1876
U.S. Department of StateMinister to Peru · 1871–1872
Solicitor · 1861, 1862–1868- North CarolinaState senator and speaker · 1866–1868
- Confederate Army captain1861–1862
- Private practice, North Carolina1860–1861
- North Carolina House of CommonsMember · 1854–1859
- ↳speaker · 1858–1859
- Gov. David S. Reid, North CarolinaPrivate secretary · 1850–1854
- Private practice, Rockingham County, North Carolina1854
Appointments
1877–1888 · Appointed by Ulysses Grant (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1854
- University of North CarolinaA.B. · 1850