Ward Hunt

Judge Ward Hunt

Personal

Birthday:

6/14/1810

Birthplace:

Utica, NY

Date of Death:

3/24/1886

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Utica, New York, 1832-1865
State assemblyman, New York, 1838
Mayor, Utica, New York, 1844
Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, 1865-1869; chief judge, 1868-1869
Commissioner of appeals, State of New York, 1869-1872

Education

Name of School:

Union College

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1828

Name of School - Second:

Litchfield (Tapping Reeve) Law School

Name of School - Third:

Read law

Degree Year - Third:

1831

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Ulysses Grant

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

12/11/1872

Termination Date:

01/27/1882

Termination Reason:

Retirement

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Second Circuit, April 28, 1873-January 27, 1882