Stanton J. Peelle

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Stanton J. Peelle

Stanton Judkins Peelle (born February 11, 1843 in Richmond , Indiana , †  September 4, 1928 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1881 and 1884 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Stanton Peelle attended public schools in his home country and then Winchester Seminary . During the Civil War , he served in an Indiana volunteer unit in the Union Army . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1866, he began to work in Winchester in this profession. Since 1869 he lived in Indianapolis . In the years 1872 and 1873 he was a district attorney in the local Marion County .

Politically, Peelle was a member of the Republican Party . From 1877 to 1879 he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1880 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the seventh constituency of Indiana, where he succeeded Gilbert De La Matyr on March 4, 1881 . In 1882 he was re-elected. His opponent in this election, William E. English , appealed against the election result. After this was granted, Peelle had to relinquish his mandate to English on May 22, 1884.

In 1892, Stanton Peelle was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis , where President Benjamin Harrison was nominated for re-election. Between 1892 and 1913 he was a federal judge at the Court of Claims , which he chaired as the successor to Charles C. Nott from December 20, 1905. From 1901 to 1911 Peelle was also a law professor at George Washington University . Between 1906 and 1925 he was a member of the board of trustees of Howard University in the federal capital Washington. From 1910 to 1925 he was also a board member of the Washington College of Law . Stanton Peelle lived in Washington until his death on September 4, 1928.

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SURNAME Peelle, Stanton J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peelle, Stanton Judkins (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH near Richmond , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH September 4, 1928
Place of death Washington, DC