Samuel Hand
Samuel Hand | |
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| Born | May 1, 1834 |
| Died | May 21, 1886 (aged 52) |
| Occupation | Judge |
Samuel Hand (May 1, 1834–May 21, 1886)[1] was a New York Court of Appeals Associate Judge during 1878.
Early life
Samuel Hand was born on May 1, 1834 in Elizabethtown, New York to Judge Augustus Cinncinatus Hand and Marcia Seeyle Northrop.[1]
Hand went to Middlebury College in Vermont, and later transferred to Union College after two years. He graduated in 1851 as the youngest member of his class, and received an honorary law degree from Union College in 1884.[1]
Career
Hand's career in public service began in 1863, when he was appointed Corporation Counsel of Albany. He would then go on to serve as the official court reporter of the New York Court of Appeals from 1869 to 1872.[1]
In 1878, Governor Lucius Robinson appointed Hand to the New York Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Associate Justice William Allen; Hand served on the court during the later half of 1878 before retiring to continue his private law practice.[1]
Death
On May 21, 1886, Hand died at his home in Albany of tongue cancer; he was survived by his son, Learned Hand.[1]