William Davis Shipman (December 29, 1818 – September 24, 1898) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. He notably presided over the 1861 trial of Nathaniel Gordon, the only person to be convicted and executed in the United States for illegal slave smuggling.
William Davis Shipman
Born 1818 in Chester, CT
Died 1898 in Astoria, Long Island, NY
FJC ID: 2180
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, New York City1873–present
U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut1853–1860- Private practice, East Haddam, Connecticut1850–1854
- Hartford [Connecticut] Probate CourtJudge · 1852–1853
- ConnecticutState representative · 1853
- Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut
Appointments
1860–1873 · Appointed by James Buchanan (Democratic)Term ended: Resignation
Education
- Read law1849