Wells, R. W. 1795-1864
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Name (Latin)
Wells, R. W. 1795-1864
Other forms of name
Wells, Rob't W. (Robert William), 1795-1864
Wells, Robert William, 1795-1864
Date of birth
1795-11-29
Date of death
1864-09-22
Gender
male
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- Wells, Robert William; born November 29, 1795, in Winchester, Virginia; died September 22, 1864, in Bowling Green, Kentucky; judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Missouri; confirmed by the Senate on June 27, 1836; service terminated on March 3, 1857, due to reassignment; judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri; reassigned on March 3, 1857, to a new seat authorized by 11 Stat. 197; service terminated on September 22, 1864, due to death; education: read law, 1820; private practice, St. Charles, Missouri, 1820-1821; Circuit attorney, St. Charles Circuit, Missouri, 1821-1822; State representative, Missouri, 1823-1826; Attorney general, State of Missouri, 1826-1836 ( (Biographical directory of Article III federal judges, 1789-present, viewed March 18, 2025) )
- Who was who in America:Historical volume, 1607-1896, page 642 (Wells, Robert William; jurist; born Winchester, Virginia, November 29, 1795; died September 22, 1864, Bowling Green, Kentucky; engaged in surveying, 1819; began practice of law, St. Charles, Missouri, 1820; designed Great Seal of Missouri, 1822; member Missouri General Assembly from St. Charles County, 1824; attorney general of Missouri, 1826-1836; U.S. District Judge of Missouri, 1836-1837; U.S. judge Western District, 1857-1864; member 1st board of curators, University of Missouri; member Democratic Central Committee, 1840; president Osage River Improvement Convention of 1843; urged Missouri General Assembly to construct states' 1st lunatic asylum, 1845; charter member Missouri Fruit Growers' Association, 1859; president Emancipation Convention, Missouri, 1862, Missouri Radical Emancipation Convention, 1863, Union Convention, Philadelphia, 1863)
- Missouri. Law of the state of Missouri ... 1849:t.p. (R. W. Wells)
- NUC pre-56(Wells, Robert William, 1795-1864)
- United States. Circuit Court (8th Circuit). Charge to the grand jury by the court ... 1861:t.p. (Rob't W. Wells, District Judge of United States for Western District of Missouri)