William Adams Richardson

Judge William Adams Richardson

Personal

Birthday:

11/2/1821

Birthplace:

Tyngsboro, MA

Date of Death:

10/19/1896

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1846
Justice of the peace, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1847-1854
Bank president, Wamesit, Massachusetts, 1852-1853
Judge, Middlesex County [Massachusetts] Probate Court, 1856-1858
Judge, Middlesex County [Massachusetts] Probate and Insolvency Courts, 1858-1872
Assistant secretary of the treasury, 1869-1872
Acting attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1870
Secretary of the Treasury, 1873-1874
Editor, Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States, 1874-1891
Professor of law, Georgetown Law School, 1879-1894

Education

Name of School:

Harvard College

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1843

Name of School - Second:

Harvard College

Degree - Second:

A.M.

Degree Year - Second:

1846

Name of School - Third:

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Third:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Third:

1846

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Court of Claims

Court Name:

United States Court of Federal Claims

President Nominating:

Ulysses Grant

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

06/02/1874

Termination Date:

01/20/1885

Termination Reason:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Second:

Court of Claims, Chief Justice

Court Name - Second:

United States Court of Federal Claims

Commission Date - Second:

01/20/1885

Termination Date - Second:

10/19/1896

Termination Reason - Second:

Death