Norman B. Judd

Norman B. Judd

Norman Buel Judd (born January 10, 1815 in Rome , New York , †  November 11, 1878 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1867 and 1871 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Norman Judd was the grandfather of New York Congressman Norman Judd Gould (1877–1964). He attended the public schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1836, he began to work in this profession in Rome. In the same year he moved his residence and his law firm to Chicago. Between 1837 and 1839 he was the legal representative of this city. Between 1844 and 1860 he was a member of the Illinois Senate . He became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In May 1860 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention , where Abraham Lincoln was nominated as a candidate for president. After his inauguration as US President , he appointed Judd to succeed Joseph A. Wright as American envoy to Prussia . He held this position between 1861 and 1865.

In the congressional election of 1866 , Judd was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded John Wentworth on March 4, 1867 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1871 . By 1869, the work of Congress was overshadowed by tension between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial.

In 1870, Judd renounced another congressional candidacy. In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant made him head of customs in the port of Chicago. He held this office until his death on November 11, 1878.

Web links

• Norman B. Judd in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Norman B. Judd in the database of Find a Grave (English)