Edward Wallace Scudder (August 12, 1822 – February 3, 1893) was a justice of the
New Jersey Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of New Jersey is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, the Supreme Court of New Jersey is the final judicial authority on all cases in the state court system, including cases challenging th ...
from 1869 until his death.
He graduated
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...
in 1841 and then studied law with the Hon.
William L. Dayton
William Lewis Dayton (February 17, 1807 – December 1, 1864) was an American politician, active first in the Whig Party and later in the Republican Party. In the 1856 presidential election, he became the first Republican vice-presidential ...
. He was admitted as an attorney in 1844, and called to the bar in 1848; Scudder was elected to the
New Jersey Senate, and served his term there of three years, ending in 1865, the last year serving as president.
He was appointed judge by
Governor of New Jersey
The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of New Jersey. The office of governor is an elected position with a four-year term. There is a two consecutive term term limit, with no limitation on non-consecutive terms. The official r ...
Theodore Fitz Randolph
Theodore Fitz Randolph (June 24, 1826November 7, 1883) was an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 22nd governor of New Jersey from 1869 to 1872 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. ...
in 1869, by Governor
Joseph D. Bedle in 1876, reappointed by Governor
George C. Ludlow in 1883, and by Governor
Leon Abbett
Leon Abbett (October 8, 1836December 4, 1894) was an American Democratic Party politician and lawyer who served two nonconsecutive terms as the 26th Governor of New Jersey from 1884 to 1887 and 1890 to 1893. His official state biography refers t ...
in 1890.
He died February 3, 1893, and is buried at
Riverview Cemetery in
Trenton.
See also
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List of justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
Current justices
,
List of justices before 1947
Before 1947 and particularly after 1844, the structure of the New Jersey state judiciary was incredibly complex. In some cases, it is not entirely clear whether the following justices served on th ...
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New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals Prior to 1947, the structure of the judiciary in New Jersey was extremely complex, including Court of Errors and Appeals in the last resort in all causes.
The Court of Errors and Appeals was the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey from ...
*
Courts of New Jersey Courts of New Jersey include:
;State courts of New Jersey
*New Jersey Supreme Court (previously the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals)
**New Jersey Superior Court (including the Appellate Division; 15 vicinages)
** New Jersey Tax Court
** N ...
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Newark Evening News
The ''Newark Evening News'' was an American newspaper published in Newark, New Jersey. As New Jersey's largest city, Newark played a major role in New Jersey's journalistic history. At its apex, ''The News'' was widely regarded as the newspaper ...
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Richard Scudder Richard Betts Scudder (May 13, 1913 – July 11, 2012) was an American newspaper pioneer, newspaper publisher, journalist, and co-founder of the MediaNews Group, the second largest newspaper company in the United States. He served as MediaNews' cha ...
References
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1822 births
1893 deaths
Justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
Presidents of the New Jersey Senate
Princeton University alumni
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American judges