Leonard Eugene Wales

Leonard Eugene Wales
Leonard Eugene Wales
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
	In office; March 20, 1884 – February 8, 1897
Appointed by	Chester A. Arthur
Preceded by	Edward Green Bradford
Succeeded by	Edward Green Bradford II
Personal details
Born	November 26, 1823; Wilmington, Delaware
Died	February 8, 1897 (aged 73); Wilmington, Delaware
Education	Yale University; read law

Leonard Eugene Wales (November 26, 1823 – February 8, 1897) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Education and career

Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Wales graduated from Yale University in 1845, where he was a member of Skull and Bones,[1] and then read law to enter the bar in 1848. He was an editor of the Delaware State Journal in Wilmington from 1848 to 1850, and a clerk of the United States district court and United States circuit court for the District of Delaware from 1849 to 1864. He was also city solicitor for the City of Wilmington from 1853 to 1854. During the American Civil War, he was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army in the First Delaware Volunteers, in 1861. Wales served as a Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware from 1864 to 1884.[2]

Federal judicial service

Wales was nominated by President Chester A. Arthur on March 6, 1884, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Judge Edward Green Bradford. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 20, 1884, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on February 8, 1897, due to his death in Wilmington.[2]

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References

The twelfth general catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. 1917. p. 71. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
Leonard Eugene Wales at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

Leonard Eugene Wales at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Edward Green Bradford	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware 1884–1897	Succeeded by Edward Green Bradford II

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[1] The twelfth general catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. 1917. p. 71. Retrieved March 24, 2011.

[auto-2] Leonard Eugene Wales at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.