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Samuel Treat

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Samuel Treat served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Appointed by Franklin Pierce and confirmed Mar 3, 1857.

Appointed by
Franklin Pierce
Confirmed
Mar 3, 1857
Born
1815

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of MissouriFranklin Pierce · Mar 3, 1857 – Mar 5, 1887

Education

  • Harvard UniversityB.A., 1837
  • Harvard UniversityM.A., 1840
  • Read law1841

Career

Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1841-1849; Editor, St. Louis [Missouri] Union, 1841-1849; Judge, St. Louis [Missouri] Court of Common Pleas, 1849-1857; Professor of admiralty law, Washington University Law School, 1867-1887

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