Edward Henry Durell

Judge Edward Henry Durell

Personal

Birthday:

7/14/1810

Birthplace:

Portsmouth, NH

Date of Death:

3/29/1887

Place of Death:

Schoharie, NY

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Pittsburgh, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, 1835-1854
Member, City Council, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1854
Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana
President, Bureau of Finance, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1862-1863
Mayor, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1863
Private practice, Newburgh and Schoharie, New York, 1875-1887

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, January 5, 1864; Senate returned nomination to president, February 3, 1864

Education

Name of School:

Harvard College

Degree Year:

1831

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1834

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana

Court Name:

Louisiana Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

Abraham Lincoln

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

02/17/1864

Termination Date:

07/27/1866

Termination Reason:

Reassignment

Court Name - Second:

U. S. District Court, District of Louisiana

Commission Date - Second:

07/27/1866

Termination Date - Second:

12/04/1874

Termination Reason - Second:

Resignation