Edward Fox

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Edward Fox
Edward Fox (1815-1881) was the fourth federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. He was nominated to the court by President Andrew Johnson on May 28, 1866 to fill the seat vacated by Ashur Ware and served on the court through December 14, 1881.

The U.S. Senate confirmed him on May 30, 1866, and he was commissioned the next day.

Fox was also an associate justice from 1862-1863 of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

He was a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Known as a talented trial lawyer with an extensive practice, Fox had served as City Solicitor for Portland and a state legislator prior to his appointment to the Court.

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