Ward Hunt
Personal
Birthday:
6/14/1810
Birthplace:
Utica, NY
Date of Death:
3/24/1886
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Utica, New York, 1832-1865
State assemblyman, New York, 1838
Mayor, Utica, New York, 1844
Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, 1865-1869; chief judge, 1868-1869
Commissioner of appeals, State of New York, 1869-1872
Education
Name of School:
Union College
Degree:
B.A.
Degree Year:
1828
Name of School - Second:
Litchfield (Tapping Reeve) Law School
Name of School - Third:
Read law
Degree Year - Third:
1831 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
Ulysses Grant
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
12/11/1872
Termination Date:
01/27/1882
Termination Reason:
Retirement Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Second Circuit, April 28, 1873-January 27, 1882