Josiah Sutherland
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Josiah Sutherland (June 12, 1804 – May 25, 1887) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from New York. From 1851 to 1853, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Life
He graduated from Union College in 1824. Then he studied law in Waterford, New York, and Hudson, New York, and the Litchfield Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1828, and commenced practice in Livingston, New York. He was District Attorney of Columbia County from 1832 to 1843. In 1838, he moved to Hudson, New York, the county seat.
Congress
Sutherland was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in New York City.
Jurist
He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (1st District) from 1858 to 1871, and was ex officio a judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1862 and 1870. He was a judge of the New York City Court of General Sessions from 1872 to 1878. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law.
Death and burial
He died on May 25, 1887, and was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx.
See also
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Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 350 and 372; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- [1] Court of Appeals judges
External links
- The Josiah Sutherland Papers at the New-York Historical Society.
- The Josiah Sutherland Papers at the Litchfield Historical Society.
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- 1804 births
- 1887 deaths
- Union College (New York) alumni
- People from Stanford, New York
- People from Livingston, New York
- Politicians from New York City
- New York Supreme Court justices
- Judges of the New York Court of Appeals
- County district attorneys in New York (state)
- Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- People from Hudson, New York
- Lawyers from New York City
- 19th-century New York state court judges
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 19th-century New York (state) politicians
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives