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In 1878, Hunt suffered a severe paralyzing stroke, which prevented him from attending court sessions or rendering opinions. Nonetheless he did not retire, because at the time in order to retire with a full pension a person had to put in at least ten years of government service and a minimum age of 70. To encourage him to retire, Congress passed a special provision under which he could receive a pension if he would retire within 30 days. Hunt did so on January 27, 1882, and enjoyed his pension until his death in Washington, D.C., four years later. He was buried at the [[Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica|Forest Hill Cemetery]] in Utica. |
In 1878, Hunt suffered a severe paralyzing stroke, which prevented him from attending court sessions or rendering opinions. Nonetheless he did not retire, because at the time in order to retire with a full pension a person had to put in at least ten years of government service and a minimum age of 70. To encourage him to retire, Congress passed a special provision under which he could receive a pension if he would retire within 30 days. Hunt did so on January 27, 1882, and enjoyed his pension until his death in Washington, D.C., four years later. He was buried at the [[Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica|Forest Hill Cemetery]] in Utica. |
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Ward Hunt | |
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Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court | |
In office December 11, 1872[1] – January 27, 1882 | |
Nominated by | Ulysses S. Grant |
Preceded by | Samuel Nelson |
Succeeded by | Samuel Blatchford |
Ward Hunt (June 14, 1810 Utica, Oneida County, New York - March 24, 1886 Washington, D.C.), was an American jurist and politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1868 to 1869, and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1873 to 1882.
Life
He was the son of Montgomery Hunt, long-time Cashier of the Bank of Utica. He was a classmate of Horatio Seymour at the Oxford and Geneva Academies, and graduated from Union College in 1828, where he was an early member of The Kappa Alpha Society. Then he studied law with Juge James Gould at Litchfield Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut and with Hiram Denio in Utica, and was admitted to the bar in 1831.
He was a Democratic member from Oneida County of the New York State Assembly in 1839, and was Mayor of Utica in 1844. In 1848, he joined the Free Soil Party, and in 1855 he was among the founders of the New York Republican Party. He remained in private practice until 1865, when he was elected to an eight-year term on the New York Court of Appeals on the Republican ticket, to succeed to the seat held by his former law teacher and partner Hiram Denio. Hunt became Chief Judge in 1868 after the sudden death of Chief Judge William B. Wright. In 1870, he was legislated out of office, but was appointed one of the Commissioners of Appeals.
Hunt was a friend and patron of political boss Roscoe Conkling, who was an associate of President Ulysses S. Grant. When Samuel Nelson retired, from the Supreme Court, Conkling asked Grant to nominate Hunt for the vacancy. Hunt was nominated on December 3, 1872, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 11, and took his seat in January 1873.
Hunt had little impact on the court, siding with the majority in all but 22 cases in his ten years on the job. He wrote only four dissenting opinions and none for the majority. His most notable contribution came while riding circuit in New York, where he heard Susan B. Anthony argue that she was constitutionally guaranteed the right to vote and had not broken the law when she voted in the 1872 election; Hunt found that Anthony had indeed broken the law.
In 1878, Hunt suffered a severe paralyzing stroke, which prevented him from attending court sessions or rendering opinions. Nonetheless he did not retire, because at the time in order to retire with a full pension a person had to put in at least ten years of government service and a minimum age of 70. To encourage him to retire, Congress passed a special provision under which he could receive a pension if he would retire within 30 days. Hunt did so on January 27, 1882, and enjoyed his pension until his death in Washington, D.C., four years later. He was buried at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica.
References
- ^ "Federal Judicial Center: Ward Hunt". 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
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Sources
- [1] Supreme Court Historical Society
- [2] Oyez
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 283; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- The Chase Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy by Jonathan Lurie, Salmon Portland Chase and Peter G. Renstrom (ABC-CLIO, 2004, ISBN 1576078213 , ISBN 9781576078211 , page 52)
- [3] Senate confirmation, in NYT on December 12, 1872
- [4] Obit in NYT on March 25, 1886
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