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Asa Biggs
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear & Pamptico Districts of North Carolina · 1858
Asa Biggs , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear & Pamptico Districts of North Carolina. Asa Biggs (February 4, 1811 – March 6, 1878) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of both chambers of the United States Congress and as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear and Pamptico Districts of North Carolina.
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Career
Private practice, Martin County, North Carolina, 1831-1845, 1847-1854; Delegate, North Carolina constitutional convention, 1835; Member, North Carolina House of Commons, 1840-1842; State senator, North Carolina, 1844-1845; U.S. representative from North Carolina, 1845-1847; U.S. senator from North Carolina, 1855-1858; Judge, Confederate District Court, District of North Carolina, 1861-1865; Private practice, Tarboro, North Carolina, 1865-1868; Private practice/businessman, Norfolk, Virginia, 1868-1878
Biography
Asa Biggs (February 4, 1811 – March 6, 1878) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of both chambers of the United States Congress and as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear and Pamptico Districts of North Carolina.
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