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Benjamin Parke
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Indiana · 1817
Benjamin Parke , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Indiana. Benjamin Parke (September 2, 1777 – July 12, 1835) was an American lawyer, politician, militia officer, businessman, treaty negotiator in the Indiana Territory who also served as a United States federal judge in Indiana after it attained statehood in 1816.
Education
- Read lawca. 1800
Career
Private practice, Vincennes, Indiana Territory, 1801-1804; Attorney general, Indiana Territory, 1804-1808; Territorial representative, Indiana Territory, 1805; Delegate to U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana Territory, 1805-1808; Staff member, Gov. William Henry Harrison, Indiana Territory, 1808; U.S. Army, 1811; President judge, Indiana Circuit Court, First Judicial Circuit, 1816-1817; Indian agent, 1818
Biography
Benjamin Parke (September 2, 1777 – July 12, 1835) was an American lawyer, politician, militia officer, businessman, treaty negotiator in the Indiana Territory who also served as a United States federal judge in Indiana after it attained statehood in 1816.
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