Alexander Smith Johnson

Personal

Birthday: 
7/30/1817
Birthplace: 
Utica, NY
Date of Death: 
1/26/1878
Place of Death: 
Nassau, Bahamas
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Utica, New York, 1838-1839, 1859-1865, 1869-1873
Private practice, New York City, 1839-1851
Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, 1851-1859, 1874-1875
Treaty commissioner, treaty with Great Britain settling the claims of the Hudson`s Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Companies, 1865-1869
Member, New York State Commission on Appeals, 1873-1874

Education

Name of School: 
Yale College
Degree Year: 
1835
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1838

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit
President Nominating: 
Ulysses Grant
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
12/15/1875
Termination Date: 
01/26/1878
Termination Reason: 
Death