William T. Howell | |
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Associate Justice, Arizona Territorial Supreme Court | |
In office December 29, 1863 – June 11, 1864 | |
Nominated by | Abraham Lincoln |
Succeeded by | Henry T. Backus |
Personal details | |
Born | Goshen (town), New York | July 8, 1810
Died | April 3, 1870 Newaygo, Michigan | (aged 59)
Political party | Democratic/Republican |
Spouse(s) | Sophia Brink (1828–1845) Susan M. Hartwell (1847–1856) Sarah Jones (1857–) |
Profession | Attorney |
William Thompson Howell (July 8, 1810 – April 3, 1870) was an American jurist and politician. Born and educated in New York, the majority of his career was spent in Michigan where he held a variety of state offices. Howell also served as a judge in the newly formed Arizona Territory where he was a principal author of the territory's first legal code, the Howell Code.