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Robert Budd Gilchrist
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Robert Budd Gilchrist served on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Appointed by Martin Van Buren and confirmed Feb 17, 1840.
- Appointed by
- Martin Van Buren
- Confirmed
- Feb 17, 1840
- Born
- 1796
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South CarolinaMartin Van Buren · Feb 17, 1840 – May 1, 1856
Education
- South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina)A.B., 1814
- South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina)A.M., 1817
- Read law1818
Career
Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1818-1831; U.S. attorney for the District of South Carolina, 1831-1839
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