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Henry Clay Caldwell

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1864–1891

Henry Clay Caldwell , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Henry Clay Caldwell (September 4, 1832 – February 15, 1915) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and later was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit.

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Career

Private practice, Keosauqua, Iowa, 1852-1856; Prosecutor, Van Buren County, Iowa, 1856-1858; State representative, Iowa, 1859-1861; U.S. Army, 1861-1864

Biography

Henry Clay Caldwell (September 4, 1832 – February 15, 1915) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and later was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit.

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