Robert Paine Dick

Judge Robert Paine Dick

Personal

Birthday:

10/5/1823

Birthplace:

Greensboro, NC

Date of Death:

9/12/1898

Place of Death:

Greensboro, NC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Wentworth, North Carolina, 1845-1848
Private practice, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1848-1853
U.S. attorney for the Albemarle, Cape Fear, and Pamptico Districts of North Carolina, 1853-1861
Member, North Carolina Council of State, 1862-1864
State senator, North Carolina, 1864-1865
Private practice, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1865-1868
Associate justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1868-1872

Received recess appointment to U.S. District Courts for the Albemarle, Cape Fear and Pamptico Districts of North Carolina, May 29, 1865; declined appointment

Education

Name of School:

University of North Carolina

Degree Year:

1843

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1845

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina

Court Name:

North Carolina Western District Court

President Nominating:

Ulysses Grant

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

06/07/1872

Termination Date:

07/06/1898

Termination Reason:

Retirement