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Isaac Newton Blackford
Judge, Court of Claims · 1855
Isaac Newton Blackford , Judge, Court of Claims. Isaac Newton Blackford (November 6, 1786 – December 31, 1859) was the second Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, the court's longest serving Justice, and among the longest serving jurists in the history of the United States. He wrote an eight-volume work entitled Blackford's Reports recording all the early decisions of the court.
Education
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)1806
- Read law with Judge Gabriel Ford, Morristown, New Jersey1810
- Read law with Col. George McDonald, Somerville, New Jersey1810
Career
Private practice, Indiana Territory, 1812-1813; First clerk and recorder, Washington County, Indiana Territory, 1813; Clerk, Indiana Territorial Legislature, 1813; State representative and speaker of the house, Indiana, 1817; Judge, Indiana Supreme Court, 1817-1853; Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1853-1855
Biography
Isaac Newton Blackford (November 6, 1786 – December 31, 1859) was the second Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, the court's longest serving Justice, and among the longest serving jurists in the history of the United States. He wrote an eight-volume work entitled Blackford's Reports recording all the early decisions of the court.
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