Alfred Conkling

Judge Alfred Conkling

Personal

Birthday:

10/12/1789

Birthplace:

Amagansett, NY

Date of Death:

2/5/1874

Place of Death:

Utica, NY

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Johnstown, New York, 1812-1813
Private practice, Canajoharie, New York, 1813-1819
District attorney, Montgomery County, New York, 1819-1821
U.S. representative from New York, 1821-1823
Private practice, Albany, New York, 1823-1825
Minister to Mexico, U.S. Department of State, 1852-1853
Private practice, Omaha, Nebraska, 1853-1861
Writer, Rochester and Geneseo, New York, 1861-1872
Writer, Utica, New York, 1872-1874

Education

Name of School:

Union College

Degree Year:

1810

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1812

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of New York

Court Name:

New York Northern District Court

President Nominating:

John Quincy Adams

Party Affiliation of President:

Jeffersonian Republican

Commission Date:

12/14/1825

Termination Date:

08/25/1852

Termination Reason:

Resignation