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American judge
Waldo Colburn
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In office
1879?1880
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In office
1854?1854
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In office
November 10, 1882 ? September 26, 1885
[2]
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Appointed by
| John Davis Long
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Preceded by
| William Crowninshield Endicott
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Succeeded by
| William Sewell Gardner
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In office
May 27, 1875 ? November 10, 1882
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Appointed by
| William Gaston
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Preceded by
| Otis Phillips Lord
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Born
| November 13, 1824
[3]
Dedham, Massachusetts
[3]
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Died
| September 26, 1885 (aged 60)
[2]
Dedham, Massachusetts
[2]
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Political party
| Whig
,
Democratic
[1]
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Spouses
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Elizabeth C. Sampson
(
m.
1851–1852)
-
Mary Ellis Gay
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m.
1852; died 1859)
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[1]
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Children
| 2
[1]
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Residence
| Dedham, Massachusetts
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Alma mater
| Phillips Andover
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Occupation
| Attorney
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Signature
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Waldo Colburn
(November 13, 1824 ? September 26, 1885) was an American
lawyer
,
jurist
and
politician
from the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
. Colburn was originally a member of the
Whig
party and after that party dissolved he became a
Democrat
.
[1]
He was a descendant of
Nathaniel Colburn
, a selectman and signer of the
Dedham Covenant
.
[4]
Legal career
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Colburn attended
Harvard Law School
from 1848 to 1849
[5]
studied law in the office of Ira Cleveland,
[1]
and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar on May 3, 1850.
[1]
Political career
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In 1856 Colburn was elected to serve in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
. He was a member of the
Dedham, Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen, Board of Assessors and, Overseers of the Poor. In 1857 he was the Chairman of the Committee on Parishes, Religious Societies, Etc. In 1858 he was the Chairman of the Committee on Railroads and Canals. In 1870 he was elected to the
Massachusetts Senate
for the second Norfolk district.
[1]
He was also a member of the building committee that erected
Memorial Hall
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[6]
Judicial career
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On May 27, 1875
[1]
Colburn was appointed as an associate justice of the Superior Court by
Governor Gaston
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[1]
On November 19, 1882, Colburn was appointed by
Governor Long
as an associate justice of the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
.
[1]
Colburn served as an associate justice of the Court until his death.
See also
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References
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Hamilton, Duane (1884),
History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol I.
, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 13
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Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Vol 140.
, Philadelphia, PA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1886, p. 604
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Hamilton, Duane (1884),
History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol I.
, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 12
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Rand, John Clark (1890).
One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89
. First national publishing Company. p.
135
. Retrieved
29 November
2019
.
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Warren, Charles (1908),
History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America
, New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, p. 126
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Worthington, Erastus
(1869).
Dedication of the Memorial Hall, in Dedham, September 29, 1868: With an Appendix
. John Cox, Jr. p. 6
. Retrieved
June 13,
2021
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