John Curtiss Underwood

Personal

Birthday: 
3/14/1809
Birthplace: 
Litchfield, NY
Date of Death: 
12/7/1873
Place of Death: 
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Herkimer County, New York, -ca. 1839
Private practice, ca. 1839-1856
Secretary, Emigrant Aid and Homestead Society, 1856-1861
Fifth auditor, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1861-1863

U.S. senator-elect from Virginia (not seated), 1865

Education

Name of School: 
Hamilton College
Degree Year: 
1832
Name of School - Second: 
Read law

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Court Name: 

Virginia Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Abraham Lincoln
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
01/25/1864
Termination Date: 
06/11/1864
Termination Reason: 
Reassignment
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. District Court, District of Virginia
Commission Date - Second: 
06/11/1864
Termination Date - Second: 
02/03/1871
Termination Reason - Second: 
Reassignment
Court Name - Third: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Court Name - Third: 

Virginia Eastern District Court

Commission Date - Third: 
02/03/1871
Termination Date - Third: 
12/07/1873
Termination Reason - Third: 
Death