Thomas Richard Purnell

Judge Thomas Richard Purnell

Personal

Birthday:

11/11/1847

Birthplace:

Wilmington, NC

Date of Death:

12/19/1908

Place of Death:

Raleigh, NC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland and Salem, North Carolina, 1870-1873
Librarian, State of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1873-1876
State representative, North Carolina, 1876-1877
Commissioner, U.S. Circuit Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1877-1891
State senator, North Carolina, 1883-1884
Private practice, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1876-1897
Candidate for attorney general, State of North Carolina, 1892

Education

Name of School:

Trinity College (now Duke University)

Degree Year:

1869

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1869

Judicial Career

Court Name:

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

Court Name:

North Carolina Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

William McKinley

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

05/05/1897

Termination Date:

12/19/1908

Termination Reason:

Death