Thomas Bell Monroe

Personal

Birthday: 
10/7/1791
Birthplace: 
Albemarle County, VA
Date of Death: 
12/24/1865
Place of Death: 
Pass Christian, MS
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

State representative, Kentucky, 1816
Private practice, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1821-
Secretary of state, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1823-1824
Reporter, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1825-
U.S. attorney for the District of Kentucky, 1830-1834
Law teacher, Montrose, Kentucky, 1843-1848
Chairman, Law Department, Transylvania University, 1848-
Professor of law, Tulane University, 1848-ca. 1851
Delegate from Kentucky, Provisional Confederate Congress, 1861-1862
Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 1862

Education

Name of School: 
Transylvania University
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1821

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Kentucky
President Nominating: 
Andrew Jackson
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
03/08/1834
Termination Date: 
09/18/1861
Termination Reason: 
Resignation