Thomas Settle

Thomas Settle

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida

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Education

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina, 1850

Law

Read law, 1854

Personal

Birthplace

North Carolina

Thomas Settle (1831-1888) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

He was nominated by President Ulysses Grant on January 26, 1877. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 30, 1877, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on December 1, 1888.

Early life and education

• University of North Carolina, A.B., 1850
• Read law, 1854

Professional career

• Private secretary, North Carolina Governor David S. Reid, 1850-1854
• Private practice, Rockingham County, North Carolina, 1854
• Member, General Assembly of North Carolina, 1854-1859
• Speaker, 1858-1859
• Private practice, North Carolina, 1860-1861
• Solicitor, Fourth Judicial Circuit of North Carolina, 1861
• Confederate Army Captain, 1861-1862
• Solicitor, Fourth Judicial Circuit of North Carolina, 1862-1868
• Member and speaker, North Carolina State Senate, 1866-1868
• Associate justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1868-1871
• U.S. minister to Peru, 1871-1872
• Associate justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1872-1876

Judicial career

Northern District of Florida

Settle was nominated by President Ulysses Grant on January 26, 1877. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 30, 1877, and received commission that same day.^[1] He served until his death on December 1, 1888.

External links

• Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated by Ulysses Grant
1869	Dillon • Drummond • Gresham • Hillyer • McKennan • Shepley • Woodruff • Woods
1870	Blodgett • Bond • Bradley • Charles Daniel Drake • Emmons • Hopkins • Humphreys • Knowles • Longyear • MacArthur • Nixon • Sawyer • Strong • Winch
1871	Bradford • McKinney • Rives • Story • Swing
1872	Dick • Hunt • Locke • Morrill
1873	Howe • Shipman • Welker
1874	Foster • Hughes • Richarson •Waite • Wallace
1875	Brown • Bruce • Dyer • Johnson • Parker
1876 -77	Billings • Hallett • Ketcham • Settle

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Active judges	Chief Judge: Mark E. Walker (Federal judge)   •  Margaret Rodgers  •  T. Kent Wetherell  •  Allen Winsor
Senior judges	Robert Hinkle  •  Clyde Roger Vinson  •  Lacey Collier  •  William Stafford  •
Magistrate judges	Charles Kahn  •  Elizabeth Timothy  •  Martin Fitzpatrick  •  Hope Cannon  •  Michael Frank  •
Former Article III judges	George C. Young  •  Stephan Mickle  •  John Smoak  •  Isaac Hopkins Bronson  •  McQueen McIntosh  •  Philip Fraser  •  Thomas Settle  •  Charles Swayne  •  William Bostwick Sheppard  •  Augustus Long  •  Winston Arnow  •  George Carswell  •  Curtis Waller  •  George Whitehurst  •  Lynn Higby  •  David Middlebrooks  •  Dozier DeVane  •  Gary Jones (Florida)  •  Larry Bodiford  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Hinkle  •  Maurice Paul  •  Clyde Roger Vinson  •  William Stafford  •  Stephan Mickle  •  Winston Arnow  •  George Carswell  •