Taggart, Hugh T. (Hugh Thomas), 1844-1914

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U.S. district attorney.

From the description of Hugh T. Taggart collection relating to the District of Columbia and Maryland, 1751-1889 (bulk 1791-1880). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82194911

Biographical Note

  • 1844, Aug. 15: Born, Baltimore County, Maryland
  • 1869: Admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia
  • 1874: Founder, Washington Law Reporter
  • 1881: Appointed assistant United States district attorney Prepared government's case again Charles Julius Guiteau, the assassin of President James A. Garfield
  • 1881 - 1906 : Assistant in United States district attorney office; later United States district attorney
  • 1886 - circa 1898 : Special counsel to the United States district attorney, Potomac Flats cases determining the boundary lines between government and private owners along the Potomac Park waterfront, Washington, D.C.
  • 1914, Oct. 6: Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Hugh T. Taggart Collection Relating to the District of Columbia and Maryland, 1751-1889, (bulk 1791-1880), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Birth 1844

Death 1914

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