Edwards Pierrepont
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- Alternate meaning: Pierpont Edwards
| Edwards Pierrepont | |
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| 33rd United States Attorney General | |
| In office April 26, 1875 – May 21, 1876 |
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| President | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | George H. Williams |
| Succeeded by | Alphonso Taft |
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| Born | March 4, 1817 North Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 1892 (aged 75) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
Edwards Pierrepont (March 4, 1817 – March 6, 1892) was an American statesman, jurist and lawyer.
[edit] Biography
Born in North Haven, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale University and New Haven Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced law in Columbus, Ohio, from 1840 to 1845. He moved to New York and served as judge of the New York Supreme Court from 1857 to 1860.
In 1862, during the American Civil War Pierrepont was made a member of the military commission for the cases of state prisoners in the custody of the federal military authorities. In 1867 he conducted the case for the government against John H. Surratt, indicted as an accomplice in the murder of Lincoln and in 1867 became a member of the New York constitutional convention.[citation needed] His estate at Garrison, New York was designed by noted architect Alexander Jackson Davis in 1867; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as the Hurst-Pierrepont Estate.[1][2]
From 1869 to 1870 he served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. As U.S. Attorney, he prosecuted Cuban revolutionaries for violation of the Neutrality Act. President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Pierrepont Attorney General of the United States on April 26, 1875. He was an active member of the "Committee of Seventy." On May 22, 1876 he became Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Britain, serving until December 1, 1877. Pierrepont died in New York City two days after his 75th birthday on March 6, 1892, where he had lived after his return from England. He is buried at St. Philip's Cemetery, in Garrison, New York.
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Elise M. Barry (April 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hurst-Pierrepont Estate". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7282. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
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| Preceded by George H. Williams |
United States Attorney General Served under: Ulysses S. Grant April 26, 1875–May 21, 1876 |
Succeeded by Alphonso Taft |
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| Preceded by Robert C. Schenck |
U.S. Minister to Great Britain 1876 – 1877 |
Succeeded by John Welsh |
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