Samuel Sumner Wilde (1771–1855) was an associate justice of theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Wilde was born inTaunton, Massachusetts, and graduated fromDartmouth College in 1789, winning admission to the Massachusetts Bar in 1792. He practiced law in several towns of the state'sMaine District before settling inBoston afterMaine achieved statehood in 1820. In 1815 he was appointed to theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the state's highest), serving until he retired in 1850. He was the judge in the case ofBaker v. Fales.[1]
Wilde was a prominent attorney in Massachusetts and served as a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. In 1814 he was elected as a representative to theHartford Convention.[2] Wilde was elected a Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1825.[3]
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