Edward Harris

Personal

Birthday: 
3/5/1763
Birthplace: 
Iredell County, NC
Date of Death: 
3/28/1813
Place of Death: 
Lumberton, NC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, New Bern, North Carolina, 1791-
Member, North Carolina House of Commons, 1802-1803, 1807
Trustee, University of North Carolina, 1805-1813
Judge, North Carolina Superior Court, 1811-1813

Education

Name of School: 
Read law
Degree Year: 
1791

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit
President Nominating: 
Thomas Jefferson
Party Affiliation of President: 
Jeffersonian Republican
Commission Date: 
05/03/1802
Termination Date: 
07/01/1802
Termination Reason: 
Abolition of Court