Robert Paine Dick (October 5, 1823 – September 12, 1898) was a
United States district judge of the
.
Education and career
Born on October 5, 1823, in
Greensboro,
North Carolina, Dick graduated from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1843 and
read law
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in 1845. He entered private practice in
Wentworth, North Carolina from 1845 to 1848. He continued private practice in Greensboro from 1848 to 1853. He was the
United States attorney for the Albemarle, Cape Fear, and Pamptico Districts of North Carolina from 1853 to 1861. He was a member of the
North Carolina Council of State from 1862 to 1864. He was a member of the
North Carolina Senate from 1864 to 1865. He resumed private practice in Greensboro from 1865 to 1868. He was an associate justice of the
Supreme Court of North Carolina
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from 1868 to 1872.
Federal judicial service
Dick received a
recess appointment to the
United States District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear and Pamptico Districts of North Carolina on May 29, 1865, but declined the appointment.
Dick was nominated by President
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
on June 7, 1872, to the
, to a new seat authorized by 17 Stat. 215. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate on June 7, 1872, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on July 6, 1898, due to his retirement.
Death
Dick died on September 12, 1898, in Greensboro.
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1823 births
1898 deaths
Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court
United States Attorneys
Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
United States federal judges appointed by Ulysses S. Grant
19th-century American judges
North Carolina state senators
United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law
People from Greensboro, North Carolina
19th-century American legislators