Daniel Randall Magruder
Daniel Randall Magruder | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | January 6, 1835 Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | February 20, 1915 Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Sollers Rosalie Webster |
| Residence(s) | Annapolis, Maryland |
| Alma mater | St. John's College |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Daniel Randall Magruder (January 6, 1835 – February 20, 1915)[1] was a Maryland lawyer who served by appointment as a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals in 1881.[2]
Biography
[edit]Born in Annapolis, Maryland, to George Lee Magruder and Henrietta Sanford Randall Magruder, he attended private schools and later entered St. John's College. He was the youngest member of his class at the time of graduation, in 1853, and the last survivor. After leaving college, he began the study of law in the office of Alexander B. Hagner in Baltimore.[1]
Magruder was admitted to the bar in 1856. He began practice in Calvert county, and in a short time was elected a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from that county. He was afterward elected judge of the circuit composed of Anne Arundel and Calvert counties, and after a change in the Constitution, was elected to the bench of the district composed of Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's and Prince George's counties. Upon the death of Judge George Brent he was appointed by Governor William T. Hamilton as chief judge of that circuit, and thereby became a member of the Court of Appeals.[1]
Magruder ran for election to the seat later that year as a Democrat, but was narrowly defeated by Republican candidate Frederick Stone.[3]
Personal life and death
[edit]Magruder was twice married. His first wife was Miss Mary Sollers, daughter of Congressman Augustus R. Sollers. By that marriage he had one daughter, Mary R. Magruder. His second wife was Miss Rosalie Webster, of Cumberland, who, with the following children, survived him: Rosalie Magruder, Daniel R. Magruder, Eugene Magruder, a civil engineer, and Calvert Magruder, a law student at Harvard University,[1] who would go on to become a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Magruder died at his home in Annapolis at the age of 80, having been in grave condition for several weeks.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Judge Magruder Dead", The Baltimore Sun (February 20, 1915), p. 3.
- ^ "Maryland Court of Appeals Judges, 1778–". Archives of Maryland. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ "Our New Judges", Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser (November 18, 1881), p. 3.
- 1835 births
- 1915 deaths
- People from Annapolis, Maryland
- St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) alumni
- U.S. state supreme court judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law
- Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Judges of the Supreme Court of Maryland
- 19th-century Maryland politicians