Edgar Winters Hillyer
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Edgar Winters Hillyer (December 3, 1830 – May 10, 1882) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Education and career
Born in Granville, Ohio, Hillyer attended Denison University. He read law to enter the bar in 1856 and was in private practice in Placer County, California from 1856 to 1861. He was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army during the American Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, and in the JAG Corps, Department of the Pacific from 1865 to 1866. He returned to private practice in Nevada starting in 1866 and was District Attorney of Storey County, Nevada from 1866 to 1869.[1]
Federal judicial service
On December 15, 1869, Hillyer was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada vacated by Judge Alexander W. Baldwin. Hillyer was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 1869. He received his commission the same day and served in that capacity until his death on May 10, 1882, in Carson City, Nevada.[1]
References
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- ↑ a b Edgar Winters Hillyer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.Template:WikidataCheck
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Sources
- Edgar Winters Hillyer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.Template:WikidataCheck
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- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
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- 1830 births
- 1882 deaths
- United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law