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William Bristol

Connecticut District Court

Born 1779 in Hamden, CT

Died 1836 in New Haven, CT

FJC ID: 264

William Bristol (June 2, 1779 – March 7, 1836) was a Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, New Haven, Connecticut
    1800–present
  2. U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut
    1812–present
  3. New Haven, Connecticut
    Mayor · 1827
  4. New Haven, Connecticut
    Alderman · 1818, 1821, 1826
  5. Connecticut Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors
    Judge · 1819–1826
  6. Connecticut
    State senator · 1818–1819
  7. Connecticut
    State representative · 1817

Appointments

  1. Connecticut District Court
    1826–1836
    Term ended: ded
  2. Connecticut District Court
    1826–1836 · Appointed by John Quincy Adams (Jeffersonian Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Read law
    1800
  2. Yale College
    1798