Halmor Hull Emmons
Halmor Hull Emmons | |
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| Judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit | |
| In office January 17, 1870 – May 14, 1877 | |
| Appointed by | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 16 Stat. 44 |
| Succeeded by | John Baxter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Halmor Hull Emmons November 22, 1814 Keeseville, New York |
| Died | May 14, 1877 (aged 62) Detroit, Michigan |
| Education | read law |
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Halmor Hull Emmons (November 22, 1814 – May 14, 1877) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit.
Education and career
[edit]Born in Keeseville, New York, Emmons read law to enter the bar. He was in private practice in Keeseville and Essex, New York in 1837, in Cleveland, Ohio from 1837 to 1838, and then in Detroit, Michigan until 1870.[1]
Federal judicial service
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Emmons was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant on January 10, 1870, to the United States Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 16 Stat. 44. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 17, 1870, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on May 14, 1877, due to his death in Detroit.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Halmor Hull Emmons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Further reading
[edit]- Halmor Hull Emmons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1814 births
- 1877 deaths
- 19th-century American judges
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Judges of the United States circuit courts
- People from Keeseville, New York
- United States federal judges appointed by Ulysses S. Grant
- United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law
- New York (state) lawyers
- Lawyers from Cleveland
- Lawyers from Detroit