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Cyrus Griffin
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Virginia · 1790
Cyrus Griffin , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Virginia. Cyrus Griffin (July 16, 1748 – December 14, 1810) was an American lawyer and politician, who served as the final President of the Congress of the Confederation and first United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia.
Career
Private practice, Lancaster, Virginia, 1774-1777; State delegate, Virginia, 1777-1778, 1786-1787; Delegate, Second Continental Congress, 1778-1780; Judge, Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture, 1780-1787; Delegate, Ninth Confederation Congress, 1787-1788; president, 1788; U.S. Commissioner to Creek Nation, 1789
Biography
Cyrus Griffin (July 16, 1748 – December 14, 1810) was an American lawyer and politician, who served as the final President of the Congress of the Confederation and first United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia.
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