Isaac Newton Blackford

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Isaac Newton Blackford

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Prior offices
U.S. Court of Claims

Personal
Birthplace
Bound Brook, N.J.

Isaac Newton Blackford (1786-1859) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Claims and a judge on the Indiana Supreme Court.

In 1855, Blackford was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Franklin Pierce. He was commissioned on March 3, 1855, and served until his death on December 31, 1859.[1]

Education

  • Princeton, 1806
  • Read law, 1810

Professional career

  • Private practice, Indiana, 1812-1813
  • First clerk and recorder, Washington County, Territory of Indiana, 1813
  • Clerk, Territorial Legislature of Indiana, 1813
  • Judge, First Judicial Circuit, Territory of Indiana, 1814-1815
  • Member and Speaker, Indiana House of Representatives, 1817
  • Judge, Supreme Court of Indiana, 1817-1853
  • Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1853-1855

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