Leonard Eugene Wales

Judge Leonard Eugene Wales

Personal

Birthday:

11/26/1823

Birthplace:

Wilmington, DE

Date of Death:

2/8/1897

Place of Death:

Wilmington, DE

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Editor, Delaware State Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, 1848-1850
Clerk, U.S. District Court and U.S. Circuit Court, District of Delaware, 1849-1864
City solicitor, Wilmington, Delaware, 1853-1854
U.S. Army second lieutenant, First Delaware Volunteers, 1861
Judge, Superior Court of Delaware, 1864-1884

Education

Name of School:

Yale College

Degree Year:

1845

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1848

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of Delaware

Court Name:

Delaware District Court

President Nominating:

Chester A. Arthur

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

03/20/1884

Termination Date:

02/08/1897

Termination Reason:

Death