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James Henry Howe
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin · 1873
James Henry Howe , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. James Henry Howe (December 5, 1827 – January 4, 1893) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served one year as United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant. Earlier in his career, he was the 7th Attorney General of Wisconsin and served as a Union Army colonel in the American Civil War.
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Career
Private practice, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1848-1860; Attorney general, State of Wisconsin, 1860-1862; U.S. Army colonel, 1862-1864; Private practice, Kenosha, Wisconsin; Vice president/counsel, Chicago Northwestern Railroad Company, Chicago, Illinois, -1873; Attorney, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad, Chicago, Illinois, 1875-1892
Biography
James Henry Howe (December 5, 1827 – January 4, 1893) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served one year as United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant. Earlier in his career, he was the 7th Attorney General of Wisconsin and served as a Union Army colonel in the American Civil War.
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