november november american lawyer politician judge state west_virginia served fourth attorney general west_virginia january july twice served presiding circuit judge west_virginia state born present day west_virginia educated local common schools began studying law age age member bar age elected attorney post twice reelected served delegate start american civil war enlisted private company 1st union_army august year organized company men later commissioned adjutant general volunteers staff brigadier general february captured cumberland maryland general major general confederate partisans taken richmond exchanged confederate general elected attorney elected attorney following year elected west_virginia attorney general served post appointed circuit west_virginia twice reelected circuit judge position resigning practice law circuit judge seat served bench death stroke early life education born november virginia eldest children son wife father james irish descent pennsylvania received early education common primary secondary schools neighboring counties commenced studies age county seat received law books instruction town lawyers relocated ohio year law studies instruction friend age passed bar examination admitted bar practiced law association early law career elected commonwealth attorney despite fact required minimum age hold public office twice reelected terms position continued serve attorney notwithstanding relocation following established law practice known city lawyers period affiliated american civil war served delegate following onset american_civil_war volunteered private company 1st union_army served orderly sergeant lieutenant company august organized company state service headquarters hometown april lieutenant received commission adjutant general volunteers staff brigadier general august role adjutant general delivered orders law books library place officers charge transport library purchased western virginia library belongs new state west_virginia judges need served staff general campaigns adjutant general served department succeeding commanding officers brigadier general major general major general major general served adjutant chief staff command garrison guarding baltimore cumberland maryland headquarters military district time serving military rank captain early morning february confederate partisans known sent detachments enemy lines capture superior major general hotels cumberland detachments sent hotel staying sources claim staying lodged hotel rangers private directed room men forced dress gunpoint taken captive staying house hotel sent richmond exchanged confederate general guarantee treatment captured rangers imprisoned fort improved article published richmond newspaper claimed caught bed bride men capture daily newspaper reminded readers story unmarried following release served adjutant end war year discharged colonel union_army recognition services line duty political judicial careers fall elected attorney west_virginia relocated resumed practice law republican following war remained affiliated party death strong partisan elected attorney despite residing nominated republican candidate attorney general west_virginia won election position votes receiving highest number votes cast attorney west_virginia brief year history january began year tenure attorney general june west virginia republican convention reelected position fall served office resignation july resigned post attorney general accept appointment circuit west_virginia comprised marshall ohio counties appointed west_virginia governor fill vacancy caused death serving circuit judge appointed governor assist completing west_virginia state laws following dispute location court selected serve circuit court judge fall term began september august elected year term judge began january refused transfer case black man federal court following indictment white grand jury murder wife lawyers argued receive equal treatment west_virginia courts white jury law cited civil rights act transfer federal court following ruling murder trial proceeded court inevitably convicted white jury appealed conviction finally supreme_court united_states case west_virginia decided march supreme_court held exclusion blacks reason race violated conviction overturned court violation united_states constitutional criminal procedure october reelected votes alongside second judge serve judicial district commenced new term january resigned circuit november wool sack called judicial court dress west_virginia governor appointed governor fill remainder term resumed practice law joined law practice riley law firm strongest west_virginia law partner riley argued behalf case west virginia pittsburgh cincinnati chicago sought avoid paying taxes usage west_virginia section railroad bridge crossing court decision upheld law code west_virginia railroad bridges court decision stated railroad bridge river forming boundary line states reason instrument interstate commerce exempt taxation state following death judge appointed governor fill term judicial seat unanimous urging members judicial district bar june granted injunction prevented baseball team playing sunday games begun holding sunday games increase attendance received sworn residents fine april sunday game island continued play sunday games claiming charity sake team players fined judge local federation churches people opposed sunday baseball games applied circuit court injunction restrict baseball clubs playing sunday public injunction violation fine followed team lawyers argued sunday games met recreational needs working class people court buy argument sunday baseball games prevalent west_virginia decades served remainder term nominated democratic republican parties reelected year term opposition november later life death served term october suffered stroke holding session circuit court paralyzed lost consciousness result stroke assisted bench taken ward following day physicians given hope recovery died november hospital result body taken november lay state november interred father mother family graveyard hometown present day new manchester estate valued heirs included sister james nephew niece heir survived brother president following death lawyer appointed governor fulfill term circuit court bench legacy following death annual meeting december association judge character judge man known recognized circuit long occupied bench known honored entire state west_virginia bench bar west virginia governor remarked judicial career sought fair rarely failed deciding right rare occurrence decisions reversed furthermore men times absolutely honest sincere personal life activities married member active union veterans organizations october delivered address welcome soldiers attendees army west virginia soldiers reunion later member later known army west virginia association september elected vice president organization member 1st elected president september addition belonged republic participated decoration local union graves memorial day
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