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Thomas Bell Monroe
From Ballotpedia
U.S. District Court for the District of Kentucky
Thomas Bell Monroe (1791-1865) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky.
He was nominated by President Andrew Jackson on February 20, 1834. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 6, 1834, and received commission on March 8, 1834. He resigned on September 18, 1861.
Education
- Transylvania University
- Read law, 1821
Professional career
- Kentucky state representative, 1816
- Private practice, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1821-
- Secretary of state, State of Kentucky, 1823-1824
- Reporter, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1825-
- U.S. Attorney for the District of Kentucky, 1830-1834
- Law teacher, Montrose, Kentucky, 1843-1848
- Chairman, Law Department, Transylvania University, 1848-
- Professor of law, Tulane University, 1848- c.1851
- Confederate Congressman, 1862
- Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 1862
External links
- Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
- Biography from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit website.
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