William H. Hunt
William H. Hunt (1823-1884) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Claims.
Hunt was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Rutherford B. Hayes. He was commissioned on May 15, 1878. He resigned from the court on March 11, 1881.[1]
Education
- Yale College
- Yale Law School
- Read law, 1844
Professional career
- Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1844-1878
- Confederate Army Lieutenant Colonel
- Attorney general of Louisiana, 1876-1877
- U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1881-1882
- U.S. Minister to Russia, 1882-1884
Footnotes
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| Former judges |
Atkinson • Barney • Bennett • Blackford • Booth • Campbell • Casey • Collins • Cowen • John Davis • John Bancroft Davis • Oscar Davis • Downey • Drake • Durfee • Friedman • Gilchrist • Graham • Green • Hay • Howell • Howry • Hughes • Hunt • Jones • Kashiwa • Kunzig • Laramore • Littleton • Loring • Madden • Milligan • Moss • Nichols • Nott • Peck • Peelle • Richardson • Scarburgh • Scofield • Sinnott • Skelton • Smith • Weldon • Whaley • Whitaker • Williams • Wilmot • Wright • | ||
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| Hayes |
Acheson • Barr • Baxter • Blatchford • Bunn • Butler • Choate • Cox • Davis • Hagner • Hammond • Harlan • Hays • Hunt • James • Key • Lowell • McCormick • McCrary • Morris • Nelson • Turner • Wheeler • Woods | ||
