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Cranch, William

Circuit Court of the District of Columbia (1801-1806)
Circuit Court of the District of Columbia USCC, Chief Judge (1806-1855)

American National Biography.

Dictionary of American Biography.

Carne, William F. "Life and Times of William Cranch, Judge of the District of Columbia Circuit Court, 1801-1855." Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 5 (1902) 294-310.

Kramer, Neil S. "Half a Century Past Midnight: The Life and Times of Judge William Cranch." Ph.D. diss., Claremont Graduate School, 1978.

 

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