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Winthrop Welles Ketcham
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania · 1876
Winthrop Welles Ketcham , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Winthrop Welles Ketcham (sometimes spelled Ketchum, June 29, 1820 – December 6, 1879) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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Career
Teacher, Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1848-1849; Private practice, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1850-1855, 1861-1863, 1867-1873; Prothonotary, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 1855-1858; State representative, Pennsylvania, 1858; State senator, Pennsylvania, 1859-1861; Solicitor, U.S. Court of Claims, 1864-1866; U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1873-1876
Biography
Winthrop Welles Ketcham (sometimes spelled Ketchum, June 29, 1820 – December 6, 1879) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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