Walter Quintin Gresham
Walter Quintin Gresham (1832-1895) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit.[1]
Seventh Circuit
Gresham received a recess appointment to the United States Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit from President Chester Arthur on October 28, 1884, and was nominated on December 3, 1884. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 9, 1884, and received commission that same day. On June 16, 1891, he was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He resigned on March 3, 1893.[1]
District of Indiana
Gresham was previously a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Indiana.
He received a recess appointment from President Ulysses Grant on September 1, 1869, and was nominated on December 6, 1869. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 21, 1869, and received commission that same day. He resigned on April 9, 1883.[1]
Education
Professional career
- Private practice, Corydon, Indiana, 1854-1860
- Indiana state representative, 1860-1861
- U.S. Army, 1861-1865
- Private practice, New Albany, Indiana, 1866-1867
- Agent for handling Indiana state finances, 1867-1869
- Postmaster General of the United States, 1883-1884
- U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1884
- U.S. Secretary of State, 1893-1895[1]
External links
- Biography from the Arlington National Cemetery Website.
- Biography (dead link) from the U.S. Department of State website.
- Judge Gresham Research Collections
- Judge Gresham Bibliography Information
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Gresham's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: David McDonald |
District of Indiana 1869–1883 |
Succeeded by: William Allen Woods |
| Preceded by: Thomas Drummond |
Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit 1884–1893 |
Succeeded by: James Graham Jenkins |
| Preceded by: NA - reassigned |
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1891–1893 |
Succeeded by: James Graham Jenkins
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| 1869 |
Dillon • Drummond • Gresham • Hillyer • McKennan • Shepley • Woodruff • Woods | ||
| 1870 |
Blodgett • Bond • Bradley • Charles Daniel Drake • Emmons • Hopkins • Humphreys • Knowles • Longyear • MacArthur • Nixon • Sawyer • Strong • Winch | ||
| 1871 | Bradford • McKinney • Rives • Story • Swing | ||
| 1872 | |||
| 1873 | |||
| 1874 | |||
| 1875 | |||
| 1876 -77 | |||
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| 1881 | |||
| 1882 |
Blatchford • Coxe • Davis • McCay • G. Sabin • Seymour • Shiras • Wallace • Webb | ||
| 1883 |
Paul • Weldon | ||
| 1884 |
Brewer • Carpenter • Colt • Gresham • C. Sabin • Sage • Wales • Woods | ||
| 1885 |
Davis • Richardson • Speer | ||
