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William Matthews Merrick
Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) · 1855–1886
William Matthews Merrick , Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). The Senate voted 28–16 on the nomination on Mar 31, 1886 (). William Matthews Merrick (September 1, 1818 – February 4, 1889) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, a United States representative from Maryland and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
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- Associate justice of the supreme court of the district of columbia
49th Congress · 28–16 · Mar 31, 1886
Education
- University of Virginia
- Georgetown College (now Georgetown University)1831
- Read law1839
Career
Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1839-1844; Private practice, Frederick, Maryland, 1844-1854; Deputy attorney general, Frederick County, Maryland, 1845-1850; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1854-1855; Private practice, Howard County, Maryland, 1863-1870, 1873-1886; Senior professor of law, Columbian College, Washington, D.C., 1866-1867; State representative, Maryland, 1870; U.S. representative from Maryland, 1871-1873
Biography
William Matthews Merrick (September 1, 1818 – February 4, 1889) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, a United States representative from Maryland and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
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