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Ward Hunt

Ward Hunt

Supreme Court of the United States

Born 1810 in Utica, NY

Died 1886 in Washington, DC

FJC ID: 1125

Ward Hunt (June 14, 1810 – March 24, 1886) was an American jurist and politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1868 to 1869, and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1872 to 1882.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. State of New York
    Commissioner of appeals · 1869–1872
  2. New York State Court of Appeals
    Judge · 1865–1869
    • ↳chief judge · 1868–1869
  3. Private practice, Utica, New York
    1832–1865
  4. Utica, New York
    Mayor · 1844
  5. New York
    New York
    State assemblyman · 1838

Appointments

  1. Supreme Court of the United States
    Supreme Court of the United States
    1872–1882 · Appointed by Ulysses Grant (Republican)
    Term ended: Retirement

Education

  1. Litchfield (Tapping Reeve) Law School
  2. Read law
    1831
  3. Union College
    B.A. · 1828