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Samuel M. Blatchford (March 9, 1820 – July 7, 1893) was an American attorney and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from April 3, 1882, until his death in 1893.
Samuel Blatchford was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1882–93). Blatchford graduated from Columbia College (later Columbia University) in 1837 and served as private secretary to William H. Seward until attaining his majority.
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Samuel Blatchford was born and educated in New York. He enrolled in Columbia College at thirteen and graduated at the top of his class. He practiced admiralty and international law for 25 years when he was appointed a federal trial judge in 1867.
Blatchford served on the Supreme Court for eleven years. He died on July 7, 1893, at the age of seventy-three. Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Samuel Blatchford.
Justice Samuel Blatchford joined the U.S. Supreme Court on April 3, 1882, replacing Justice Ward Hunt. Blatchford was born on March 9, 1820 in Upstate New York. A precocious talent, he enrolled in Columbia College (now Columbia University) when he was 13 years old and graduated in 1837.
Samuel Blatchford had been a federal judge for fifteen years when chester a. arthur appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1882. Like Horace Gray, Arthur's other appointee, Blatchford had initially made his mark on the profession as a reporter.
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Samuel M. Blatchford (March 9, 1820 - July 7, 1893) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from April 3, 1882 until his death. Subject Headings. The subject headings listed below are found in this collection.
