Samuel Hitchcock

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

U.S. Circuit Court for the 2nd Circuit

Years in office: 1801 - 1802

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United States District Court for the District of Vermont

Years in office: 1794 - 1801

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard College, 1777

Personal

Birthplace

Massachusetts

Samuel Hitchcock (1755-1813) was afederal judge on theUnited States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit and theUnited States District Court for the District of Vermont.

Early life and education

• Harvard College, 1777

Professional career

• Private practice, Burlington, Vermont, 1786-1787
• State's attorney, Chittenden County, Vermont, 1787-1790
• State attorney general, Vermont, 1790-1793
• Representative, Vermont Legislature, 1789-1793
• Private practice, Vergennes and Burlington, Vermont, 1802-1813

Judicial career

Second Circuit

Hitchcock was nominated to the Second Circuit by PresidentJohn Adams on February 18, 1801. He was confirmed by the Senate onFebruary 20, 1801, and received commission that same day. He served until the court was abolished onJuly 1, 1802.

District of Vermont

Hitchcock was nominated to the District of Vermont by PresidentGeorge Washington on December 27, 1793. He was confirmed by the Senate onDecember 30, 1793, and received commission on January 28, 1794.^[1] He served on this court untilFebruary 20, 1801. Hitchcock was succeeded in this position byElijah Paine.

External links

• Biography of Samuel Hitchcock from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byGeorge Washington
Washington	Bedford •Blair •Brearley •Cushing •Duane •Hopkinson •Innes •Jay •Law •Lowell •Pendleton •Rutledge •Sewall •Sullivan •Wilson
1790	Bee •Drayton •Griffin •Iredell •Marchant •Morris •Paca •Sitgreaves •Stokes
1791 - 92	Chipman •Johnson •Lewis •Peters
1793 - 95	Hitchcock •Paterson •Laurance •Pickering
1796	Bourne •Chase •Clay •Ellsworth •Troup
1797	McNairy

v • e Federal judges nominated byJohn Adams
1798	Hobart •Washington
1799	Moore •Winchester
1801	Basset •Benson •Bourne •Clay •Cranch •Davis •Griffith •Hitchcock •Key •Lowell •Magill •James Markham Marshall •John Marshall •McClung •Paine •Smith •Taylor •Tilghman •Wolcott

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Vermont
Active judges	Chief Judge: Christina Reiss  •  Mary Kay Lanthier
Senior judges	William K. Sessions  •  Geoffrey Crawford  •
Magistrate judges
Former Article III judges	John Murtha (Vermont)  •  Nathaniel Chipman  •  Samuel Hitchcock  •  Elijah Paine  •  Samuel Prentiss  •  David Allen Smalley  •  James Oakes  •  Fred Parker  •  Hoyt Henry Wheeler  •  James Loren Martin  •  Harland Bradley Howe  •  Franklin Billings  •  Albert Coffrin  •  Ernest Gibson  •  James Holden  •  James Leamy  •  Bernard Leddy  •
Former Chief judges	William K. Sessions  •  John Murtha (Vermont)  •  Fred Parker  •  Franklin Billings  •  Albert Coffrin  •  Ernest Gibson  •  James Holden  •  Bernard Leddy  •  Geoffrey Crawford  •