Mark W. Delahay
| Mark W. Delahay | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Kansas | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Abraham Lincoln |
| Active: | 3/15/1864 - 12/12/1873 |
| Preceded by: | Archibald Williams |
| Succeeded by: | Cassius Gaius Foster |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1828 |
| Home State: | Talbot County, MD |
| Deceased: | 1879 |
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Mark W. Delahay (1828-1879) was a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
He received a recess appointment from President Abraham Lincoln on October 6, 1863. On December 14, 1863, he was officially nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 15, 1864, and received commission that same day. He resigned on December 12, 1873. [1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Illinois, -1853
- Editor,Virginia Observer, Virginia, Illinois, 1848-1849
- Private practice, Mobile, Alabama, 1853-1855
- Private practice, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1855-1857
- Owner and editor, The Territorial Register, Kansas, 1857-
- Chief clerk, Kansas Territorial House of Representatives, 1860-1861
- Surveyor general of Kansas and Nebraska, 1861-1863[1]
Judicial career
District of Kansas
Delahay received a recess appointment from President Abraham Lincoln on October 6, 1863. On December 14, 1863, he was officially nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 15, 1864, and received commission that same day. He resigned on December 12, 1873. [1]
External links
- Biography from Blue Skyways: a service of the Kansas State Library
- Mark W. Delahay's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mark W. Delahay's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Archibald Williams |
District of Kansas 1864–1873 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Cassius Gaius Foster |
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| 1861 | |||
| 1862 | |||
| 1863 |
Cartter • Field • Field • Fisher • Olin • Peck • Wilmot • Withey | ||
| 1864 |
Boynton • Busteed • Caldwell • Chase • Delahay • Durell • McDonald • Underwood • White • Wylie | ||
| 1865 | |||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Kathryn Vratil • John Marten • Carlos Murguia • Eric Melgren • Julie Robinson | ||
| Senior judges |
Richard D. Rogers • Monti Belot • Sam Crow • John Lungstrum • | ||
| Magistrate judges | David Waxse • Gary Sebelius • Gerald Rushfelt • James O'Hara • Donald Bostwick • Karen Humphreys • Kenneth Gale • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Wesley Brown • Mark W. Delahay • Archibald Williams • Cassius Gaius Foster • William Cather Hook • John Calvin Pollock • George Thomas McDermott • Richard Joseph Hopkins • Guy Helvering • Delmas Hill • Patrick Kelly • Arthur Mellott • Earl O'Connor • Dale Saffels • Arthur Stanley • Henry Templar • Frank Theis • George VanBebber • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Wesley Brown • John Lungstrum • Delmas Hill • Patrick Kelly • Arthur Mellott • Earl O'Connor • Arthur Stanley • Frank Theis • George VanBebber • | ||
