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David Kellogg Cartter

Chief Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) · 1863

David Kellogg Cartter , Chief Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). David Kellogg Cartter (June 22, 1812 – April 16, 1887) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a United States representative from Ohio, Minister Resident of the United States to Bolivia and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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Career

Private practice, Rochester, New York, 1832-1836; Private practice, Akron, Ohio, 1836-1845; Private practice, Massillon, Ohio, 1845-1849, 1853-1856; U.S. representative from Ohio, 1849-1853; Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 1856-1861; U.S. minister to Bolivia, 1861-1863

Biography

David Kellogg Cartter (June 22, 1812 – April 16, 1887) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a United States representative from Ohio, Minister Resident of the United States to Bolivia and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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