OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME: 
William Adams Richardson

BORN:
November 2, 1821,
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts

DIED:
October 19, 1896 (age 74)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Harvard College (AB, 1843)
Harvard College (AM, 1846)
Harvard Law School (LLB, 1846)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1846:
Practiced Law in Lowell, Massachusetts
1847-1854:
Justice of the Peace, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,
1852-1853:
Bank President, Wamesit, Massachusetts
1856-1858:
Judge, Middlesex County (MA) Probate Court
1858-1872
Judge, Middlesex County (MA) Probate and Insolvency Courts
1869-1872:
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
1870:
Acting U.S. Attorney General
1873-1874:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
1874-1891:
Editor, Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States
1879-1894:
Professor of Law, Georgetown Law School

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Department of the Treasury
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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