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Nathaniel Pope
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Illinois · 1819
Nathaniel Pope , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Illinois. Nathaniel Pope (January 5, 1784 – January 23, 1850) was an American government leader in the early history of the State of Illinois. He served as the Secretary of the Illinois Territory, then as a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Illinois Territory, and for over thirty years as the United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Illinois.
Education
- Transylvania University
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Career
Private practice, St. Genevieve, Louisiana Territory and Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory, 1804-1809; Secretary, Illinois Territory, 1809-1816; Acting governor, Illinois Territory, 1809; Illinois Territorial Militia officer, 1812; Delegate to U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois Territory, 1816-1818; Register, U.S. Land Office, Edwardsville, Illinois, 1818-1819
Biography
Nathaniel Pope (January 5, 1784 – January 23, 1850) was an American government leader in the early history of the State of Illinois. He served as the Secretary of the Illinois Territory, then as a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Illinois Territory, and for over thirty years as the United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Illinois.
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