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Thomas Settle
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Thomas Settle served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Appointed by Ulysses Grant and confirmed Jan 30, 1877.
- Appointed by
- Ulysses Grant
- Confirmed
- Jan 30, 1877
- Born
- 1831
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of FloridaUlysses Grant · Jan 30, 1877 – Dec 1, 1888
Education
- University of North CarolinaA.B., 1850
- Read law1854
Career
Private secretary, Gov. David S. Reid, North Carolina, 1850-1854; Private practice, Rockingham County, North Carolina, 1854; Member, North Carolina House of Commons, 1854-1859; speaker, 1858-1859; Private practice, North Carolina, 1860-1861; Solicitor, Fourth Judicial Circuit, North Carolina, 1861, 1862-1868; Confederate Army captain, 1861-1862; State senator and speaker, North Carolina, 1866-1868; Associate justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1868-1871, 1872-1876; Minister to Peru, U.S. Department of State, 1871-1872
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