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George Purnell Fisher
Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) · 1863
George Purnell Fisher , Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). George Purnell Fisher (October 13, 1817 – February 10, 1899) was Attorney General of Delaware, Secretary of State of Delaware, a United States representative from Delaware and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia).
Education
- Dickinson College1838
Career
Private practice, Dover, Delaware, 1841-; Clerk, Delaware State Senate, 1843; State representative, Delaware, 1844; Secretary of state, State of Delaware, 1846-1847; Aide-de-camp, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Young, Commander of Delaware Militia, 1846-; Confidential clerk, U.S. Secretary of State, 1849-1850; Commissioner to settle claims of U.S. citizens against Brazil, 1850-1852; Private secretary, Pres. Millard Fillmore, 1852-; Attorney general, State of Delaware, 1855-1860; U.S. representative from Delaware, 1861-1863; First Delaware Cavalry colonel, 1863; U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 1870-1875; First auditor, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1889-1893
Biography
George Purnell Fisher (October 13, 1817 – February 10, 1899) was Attorney General of Delaware, Secretary of State of Delaware, a United States representative from Delaware and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia).
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