Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh
Nicholas Fitzhugh | |
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| Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia | |
| In office November 25, 1803 – December 31, 1814 | |
| Appointed by | Thomas Jefferson |
| Preceded by | James Marshall |
| Succeeded by | James Morsell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 10, 1764 King George County, Virginia, British America |
| Died | December 31, 1814 (aged 50) Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh (May 10, 1764 – December 31, 1814) was a United States federal judge.
Born in King George County, Virginia, Fitzhugh was in private practice in Fairfax County, Virginia, with some brief interruptions, from 1790 to 1803. He served as a Delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1790–1791, and in 1802.
On November 21, 1803, Fitzhugh was nominated by President Thomas Jefferson to a seat on the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia vacated by James Markham Marshall. Fitzhugh was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 25, 1803, and received his commission the same day, serving thereafter until his death, in 1814, in Fairfax, Virginia.
References
- Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.