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SAMUEL BLATCHFORD
was born on March 9, 1820, in New York, New York. At the
age of thirteen, he enrolled in Columbia College and was
graduated four years later. While serving as private secretary
to the Governor of New York from 1837 to 1841, Blatchford
studied law. After being admitted to the bar in 1842,
he practiced with his father’s New York law firm
for three years, and then joined a law firm in Auburn,
New York. Blatchford compiled a twenty-four volume set
of previously uncollected decisions of the United States
Court of Appeals for the second Circuit. Although he was
offered a judgeship on New York’s highest court,
he chose to continue his law practice. Blatchford accepted
his first judicial appointment on May 3, 1867, to the
Federal District Court for the Southern District of New
York. Five years later he was elevated to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. On March 13,
1882, President Chester A. Arthur nominated Blatchford
to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate
confirmed the appointment two weeks later. Blatchford
served on the Supreme Court for eleven years. He died
on July 7, 1893, at the age of seventy-three. |
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