Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
In office February 24, 1806 – September 1, 1855
Appointed by
Thomas Jefferson
Preceded by
William Kilty
Succeeded by
James Dunlop
Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
In office March 3, 1801 – February 24, 1806
Appointed by
John Adams
Preceded by
Seat established by 2 Stat. 103
Succeeded by
Allen Bowie Duckett
2nd Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office 1801–1815
Preceded by
Alexander J. Dallas
Succeeded by
Henry Wheaton
7th Commissioner of the Federal City
In office January 14, 1801 – March 3, 1801
Preceded by
Gustavus Scott
Succeeded by
Tristram Dalton
Personal details
Born
(1769-07-17)July 17, 1769 Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died
September 1, 1855(1855-09-01) (aged 86) Washington, D.C.
Resting place
Congressional Cemetery Washington, D.C.
Political party
Federalist
Spouse
Nancy Greenleaf (m. 1795)
Children
4 (including Christopher Pearse Cranch and John Cranch)
Parent(s)
Richard Cranch Mary Smith
Relatives
William Greenleaf Eliot (son in law) Henry Ware Eliot (grandson) T. S. Eliot (great-grandson)
Education
Harvard University
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William Cranch (July 17, 1769 – September 1, 1855) was a United States circuit judge and chief judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. A staunch Federalist and nephew of President John Adams, Cranch moved his legal practice from Massachusetts to the new national capital, where he became one of three city land commissioners for Washington, D.C., and during his judicial service also was the 2nd Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States and a Professor of law at Columbian College (which later became George Washington University).[1]
^Alexander Burton Hagner, "William Cranch, 1769-1855" in Willliam Draper Lewis (ed.), Great American Lawyers: The Lives and Influence of Judges and Lawyers who Have Acquired Permanent National Reputation and Have Developed the Jurisprudence of the United States: a History of the Legal Profession in America (1907–1909) p. 87 et seq.
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