American jurist, born in Haverhill, NH, on the 10th of September 1818. After graduation from the Academy at Lima, NY, he undertook the study of law, and began practice at Gaines and in Buffalo, NY. In 1844 he entered into partnership with Sanford E. Church at Albion. From 1857 to 1868 he was a justice of the New York supreme court, and in the latter year was sent by the Republican party to Congress. In 1870 he accepted President Grant’s appointment as United States attorney for the southern district of New York, and two years later became justice of the supreme court in the same district. The Tweed trial and the trial of Stokes for the murder of Fisk were celebrated cases which came before him. In 1887 he retired from office and resumed his practice.
