Solomon Lewis Withey
Solomon Lewis Withey (April 21, 1820 – April 25, 1886) was a United States federal judge.
Born in St. Albans, Vermont,[1] Withey read law to enter the bar in 1843. He was in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1843 to 1863. He was a probate judge for Kent County, Michigan from 1848 to 1852. He was a member of the Michigan State Senate from 1861 to 1863.
On March 10, 1863, Withey was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan created by 12 Stat. 660. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 11, 1863, and received his commission the same day. Withey was nominated and confirmed to the Sixth Circuit in 1869, but declined the appointment, instead remaining on the District Court until his death, in 1886, in San Diego, California.
References
Sources
- Solomon Lewis Withey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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- 1820 births
- 1886 deaths
- Michigan State Senators
- Michigan state court judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States federal judges appointed by Abraham Lincoln
- 19th-century American judges
- People from Kent County, Michigan
- People from St. Albans, Vermont