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Waldo Colburn

Waldo Colburn

American judge

Waldo Colburn (November 13, 1824 – September 26, 1885) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Colburn was originally a member of the Whig party and after that party dissolved he became a Democrat.[1] He was a descendant of Nathaniel Colburn, a selectman and signer of the Dedham Covenant.[4]

Quick Facts Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 2nd Norfolk district, Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ...

Colburn attended Harvard Law School from 1848 to 1849[5] studied law in the office of Ira Cleveland,[1] and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar on May 3, 1850.[1]

Political career

In 1856 Colburn was elected to serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was a member of the Dedham, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen, Board of Assessors and, Overseers of the Poor. In 1857 he was the Chairman of the Committee on Parishes, Religious Societies, Etc. In 1858 he was the Chairman of the Committee on Railroads and Canals. In 1870 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate for the second Norfolk district.[1] He was also a member of the building committee that erected Memorial Hall.[6]

Judicial career

On May 27, 1875[1] Colburn was appointed as an associate justice of the Superior Court by Governor Gaston.[1]

On November 19, 1882, Colburn was appointed by Governor Long as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[1] Colburn served as an associate justice of the Court until his death.

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References

  1. [1]
    Hamilton, Duane (1884), History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol I., Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 13
  2. [2]
    Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Vol 140., Philadelphia, PA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1886, p. 604
  3. [3]
    Hamilton, Duane (1884), History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol I., Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 12
  4. [4]
    Rand, John Clark (1890). One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89. First national publishing Company. p. 135. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. [5]
    Warren, Charles (1908), History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America, New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, p. 126
  6. [6]
    Worthington, Erastus (1869). Dedication of the Memorial Hall, in Dedham, September 29, 1868: With an Appendix. John Cox, Jr. p. 6. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
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