Isaac Newton Blackford

1786–1859 · Bound Brook, NJ

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
Court of ClaimsJudgeFranklin Pierce (Democratic)Mar 3, 1855Death, Dec 31, 1859

Education

  • College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), 1806
  • Read law with Judge Gabriel Ford, Morristown, New Jersey, 1810
  • Read law with Col. George McDonald, Somerville, New Jersey, 1810

Professional Career

Private practice, Indiana Territory, 1812-1813; First clerk and recorder, Washington County, Indiana Territory, 1813; Clerk, Indiana Territorial Legislature, 1813; State representative and speaker of the house, Indiana, 1817; Judge, Indiana Supreme Court, 1817-1853; Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1853-1855

Other Federal Judicial Service

  • Judge, Circuit Court of Indiana Territory, First Judicial Circuit, 1814-1815

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