Winthrop Welles Ketcham

Judge Winthrop Welles Ketcham

Personal

Birthday:

6/29/1820

Birthplace:

Wilkes-Barre, PA

Date of Death:

12/6/1879

Place of Death:

Pittsburgh, PA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Teacher, Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1848-1849
Private practice, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1850-1855, 1861-1863, 1867-1873
Prothonotary, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 1855-1858
State representative, Pennsylvania, 1858
State senator, Pennsylvania, 1859-1861
Solicitor, U.S. Court of Claims, 1864-1866
U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1873-1876

Education

Name of School:

Read law

Degree Year:

1850

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

Court Name:

Pennsylvania Western District Court

President Nominating:

Ulysses Grant

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

06/26/1876

Termination Date:

12/06/1879

Termination Reason:

Death