William Virgil Peck

William Virgil Peck
Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
In office
February 9, 1859  February 9, 1864
Preceded by Thomas Welles Bartley
Succeeded by Hocking H. Hunter
Personal details
Born (1804-04-17)April 17, 1804
Canandaigua, New York
Died December 30, 1877(1877-12-30) (aged 73)
Portsmouth, Ohio
Resting place Green Lawn Cemetery
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Mary Ann Cook
Children fourteen
Alma mater Litchfield Law School

William V. Peck (April 17, 1804 December 30, 1877) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 18591864.

Born April 17, 1804 in Canandaigua, New York,[1] William V. Peck grew up in Connecticut, where he studied law at Litchfield Law School. After graduating in 1826, Peck moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he clerked in the law office of Bellamy Storer.[2] He moved to Scioto County, Ohio in 1827, and had a law practice there until 1847.[2] In 1844, the Whig Ohio General Assembly elected him a Common Pleas Judge. With the new Constitution in 1851, the public elected him and re-elected him to the same seat in 1856.[3]

In 1858, as a Republican, Peck defeated incumbent Democrat Thomas Welles Bartley as Judge on the Ohio Supreme Court.[4] He declined re-nomination for the 1863 election.[3] He returned to Portsmouth in 1864, and did not resume practice of law.[2]

Peck died December 30, 1877.[1] He is buried at Green Lawn Cemetery in Portsmouth.[2]

Peck married Mary Ann Cook on July 8, 1830. They had fourteen children.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Kinkead 1895 : 275
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "William Virgil Peck". The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  3. 1 2 Smith 1898 : 85
  4. Smith 1898 : 84

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Thomas Welles Bartley
Ohio Supreme Court Judges
1859-1864
Succeeded by
Hocking H. Hunter
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