Walbridge Abner Field | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district | |
In office March 4, 1877 – March 28, 1878 | |
Preceded by | Henry L. Pierce |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Dean |
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin Dean |
Succeeded by | Ambrose Ranney |
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | |
In office February 21, 1881 – September 4, 1890 | |
Appointed by | John Davis Long |
Preceded by | Seth Ames |
Succeeded by | James Madison Morton Sr. |
12th Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | |
In office September 4, 1890 – July 15, 1899 | |
Appointed by | John Quincy Adams Brackett |
Preceded by | Marcus Morton |
Succeeded by | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. |
Member of the Boston Common Council (wards 5 and 8) | |
In office 1865–1867 | |
Member of the Boston School Committee | |
In office 1863–1864 | |
Personal details | |
Born | April 26, 1833 Springfield, Vermont |
Died | July 15, 1899 (aged 66) Boston, Massachusetts |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | October 4, 1869 Eliza E. McLoon (died March 1877), October 31, 1882 Frances Farwell |
Children | Eleanor Louise, Elizabeth Lenthal |
Alma mater | Dartmouth College Harvard Law School |
Profession | Lawyer |
Walbridge Abner Field (April 26, 1833 – July 15, 1899) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and as the chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.