OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Henry Billings Brown
BORN:
March 2, 1836
South Lee, Massachusetts
DIED:
September 4, 1913 (age 77)
Bronxville, New York
EDUCATION:
Yale Law School
Harvard Law School
Yale College (BA, 1856)
Read Law (1860)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1860-1861:
Practiced Law in Detroit, Michigan
1860-1875:
Lecturer in Law, University of Michigan
1861-1863:
Deputy U.S. Marshal, Eastern District of Michigan
1863-1868:
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan
1868:
Judge, Wayne County (Michigan) Circuit Court
1868-1871:
Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, Detroit Medical College
1868-1875:
Practiced Law in Detroit, Michigan
1875-1890:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
1890-1906:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly
Oyez
Supreme Court Historical Society
Wikipedia