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Johnson, Alexander Smith

Born July 30, 1817, in Utica, NY
Died January 26, 1878, in Nassau, Bahamas

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit
Received a recess appointment from Ulysses Grant on October 25, 1875, to a seat vacated by Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff; nominated to the same position by Ulysses Grant on December 15, 1875. Confirmed by the Senate on December 15, 1875, and received commission on December 15, 1875. Service terminated on January 26, 1878, due to death.

Education:
Yale College, 1835
Read law, 1838

Professional Career:

Private practice, Utica, New York, 1838-1839, 1859-1865, 1869-1873
Private practice, New York City, 1839-1851
Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, 1851-1859, 1874-1875
Treaty commissioner, treaty with Great Britain settling the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Companies, 1865-1869
Member, New York State Commission on Appeals, 1873-1874

Manuscript Collections

University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, Cal.
Alexander Smith Johnson papers, 1864-1878.
2 vols.; collection contains correspondence and other papers.

Cornell University
Ithaca, N.Y.
Johnson family papers, 1776-1937.
1.9 cubic ft.; finding aid; includes a biographical sketch of Alexander Smith Johnson.

New York State Library
Albany, N.Y.
Alexander Smith Johnson letters, 1857-1864.
0.3 cubic ft.; letters from Alexander Smith Johnson to his father, Alexander Bryan Johnson.

Portraits

Alexander S. Johnson; artist unknown; Oil on canvas; ca. 1877; Court of Appeals Hall, New York State Court of Appeals, Albany, N.Y. Reference image courtesy of the Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York. Further reproduction prohibited without permission of the society.

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