Augustus J. Ricks
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Augustus J. Ricks (February 10, 1843 – December 22, 1906) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Brookfield, Ohio, Ricks attended Kenyon College and read law to enter the bar in 1866. He was a Captain in the United States Army during the American Civil War, from 1862 to 1865, serving with the 104th Ohio Infantry.[1] He read law in the office of John Baxter.[1] He was in private practice in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he had served during the war,[1] from 1866 to 1870, as a partner of Baxter.[1] He was an editor of the Knoxville Daily Chronicle from 1870 to 1875. He was in private practice in Massillon, Ohio from 1875 to 1878. He was a clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit from 1878 to 1886. He was a Standing Master in Chancery for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 1878 to 1889, and was a clerk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 1886 to 1889.
On July 1, 1889, Ricks received a recess appointment from President Benjamin Harrison to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Martin Welker. Formally nominated on December 16, 1889, Ricks was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 16, 1890, and received his commission the same day. Ricks served in that capacity until his death, in 1906, in New York, New York.
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Sources
- Augustus J. Ricks at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1843 births
- 1906 deaths
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States federal judges appointed by Benjamin Harrison
- 19th-century American judges
- Kenyon College alumni
- United States Army officers
- United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law