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John White Brockenbrough
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia · 1846
John White Brockenbrough , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. John White Brockenbrough (December 23, 1806 – February 20, 1877) was a Virginia attorney, law professor, U.S. District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, and Confederate States congressman and district judge.
Education
- Winchester Law School
Career
Private practice, Hanover County, Virginia, -1834; Commonwealth's attorney, Hanover County, Virginia,; Private practice, Rockbridge County, Virginia, 1834-; Editor, Lexington Valley Star, Rockbridge County, Virginia,; Professor of law, Lexington Law School, Lexington, Virginia, 1849-1861; Delegate from Virginia, Provisional Confederate Congress, 1861-1862; Judge, Confederate District Court, Western District of Virginia, 1862-; Professor of law, Washington College Law School, Lexington, Virginia, 1866-1873; Private practice, Lexington, Virginia, 1873-1877
Biography
John White Brockenbrough (December 23, 1806 – February 20, 1877) was a Virginia attorney, law professor, U.S. District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, and Confederate States congressman and district judge.
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