NOAH H. SWAYNE

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FULL NAME:
Noah Haynes Swayne

BORN:
December 7, 1804
Frederick County, Virginia

DIED:
June 8, 1884 (age 79)
New York City, New York

EDUCATION:
Read Law (1823)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic (Before 1856)
Republican (1856–1884)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1824-1830:

Practiced Law in Coshocton, Ohio
1826:
Prosecutor, Coshocton County, Ohio
1830, 1836:
State Representative, Ohio
1830-1839:
U.S. Attorney for the District of Ohio
1839-1862:
Practiced Law in Columbus, Ohio 
1862-1881:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Supreme Court of Ohio
Ohio History Central
Congressional Quarterly
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia

PORTRAIT: 

Artist: C. Gregory Stapko (U.S. Supreme Court Collection)