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John Curtiss Underwood
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia · 1864–1871
John Curtiss Underwood , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. John Curtiss Underwood (March 14, 1809 – December 7, 1873) was an attorney, abolitionist politician and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Education
- Read law
- Hamilton College1832
Career
Private practice, Herkimer County, New York, -ca. 1839; Private practice, ca. 1839-1856; Secretary, Emigrant Aid and Homestead Society, 1856-1861; Fifth auditor, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1861-1863; U.S. senator-elect from Virginia (not seated), 1865
Biography
John Curtiss Underwood (March 14, 1809 – December 7, 1873) was an attorney, abolitionist politician and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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