Douglass Boardman, 1822-1891.

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Lawyer, judge.

Douglass Boardman of Covert and Ithaca was a lawyer, Tompkins County District Attorney, Tompkins County judge, and justice of the New York Supreme Court and General Term.

From the description of Douglass Boardman papers, 1811-1896, 1840-1896 (bulk). (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155405460

Lawyer, judge, professor of law.

Douglass Boardman graduated from Yale in 1842 and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and practiced law in Ithaca, New York. From 1848-1851 he served as District Attorney of Tompkins County, New York, and from 1852-1856 was County Judge. In 1856 he and Judge Francis M. Finch formed a law partnership which continued until 1866 when Boardman was elected a justice of the Supreme Court for the 6th district. He was a director of the First National Bank of Ithaca from its organization in 1864 and became its president in 1884; became a trustee of Cornell University in 1875; and was appointed Dean when the Cornell Law School was organized. Judge Boardman retired from the Supreme Court in 1887, and died in 1891.

From the guide to the Douglass Boardman papers, 1839-1891., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)

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associatedWith Finch, Francis M. (Francis Miles), 1827-1907 person
associatedWith Fiske, Jennie McGraw, 1840-1881 person
associatedWith Follett, Daniel L. person
associatedWith Heath, H. J. person
associatedWith Hutchins, Harry B. (Harry Burns), 1847-1930 person
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associatedWith Lewis Investment Company (Des Moines, Iowa) corporateBody
associatedWith McGraw, John, 1815-1877 person
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Birth 1822

Death 1891

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