George Foster Shepley

Personal

Birthday: 
1/1/1819
Birthplace: 
Saco, ME
Date of Death: 
7/20/1878
Place of Death: 
Portland, ME
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Bangor, Maine, 1839-1844
Private practice, Portland, Maine, 1844-1861, 1865-1866, 1867-1869
U.S. attorney for the District of Maine, 1848-1849, 1853-1861
U.S. Army brigadier general, 1861-1865
State representative, Maine, 1866-1867

Education

Name of School: 
Dartmouth College
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1837
Name of School - Second: 
Harvard University
Name of School - Third: 
Read law
Degree Year - Third: 
1839

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Circuit Courts for the First Circuit
President Nominating: 
Ulysses Grant
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
12/22/1869
Termination Date: 
07/20/1878
Termination Reason: 
Death