Sumner Howard

Sumner Howard
Chief Justice, Arizona Territorial Supreme Court
In office
May 20, 1884 – November 9, 1885
Nominated byChester A. Arthur
Preceded byC. G. W. French
Succeeded byJohn C. Shields
Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
In office
January 3, 1883 – 1884
Preceded bySeth C. Moffatt
Succeeded byNewcomb Clark
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the Genesee 1st district
In office
January 3, 1883 – 1884
Preceded byAzariah S. Partridge
Succeeded byNorman A. Beecher
United States Attorney for the District of Utah
In office
1876–1878
Appointed byUlysses S. Grant
Preceded byWilliam C. Carey
Succeeded byPhilip T. Van Zile
Personal details
Born(1835-05-07)May 7, 1835
Brockport, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 6, 1890(1890-09-06) (aged 55)
Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Lucy R. Mason
(m. 1857)

Sumner Howard (May 7, 1835[A]–September 6, 1890) was an American jurist and politician who served as Chief Justice on the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court, Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, and Mayor of Prescott, Arizona Territory.
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