Winthrop Welles Ketcham

Winthrop Welles Ketcham
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office
June 26, 1876 – December 6, 1879
Appointed byUlysses S. Grant
Preceded byWilson McCandless
Succeeded byMarcus W. Acheson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1875 – July 19, 1876
Preceded byLazarus Denison Shoemaker
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Stanton
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 10th district
In office
1859–1862
Preceded byJames H. Walton
Succeeded byHowkin B. Beardslee
Personal details
Born
Winthrop Welles Ketcham

(1820-06-29)June 29, 1820
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US
DiedDecember 6, 1879(1879-12-06) (aged 59)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Resting placeHollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Political partyWhig (until 1854)
Republican (from 1854)
Educationread law

Winthrop Welles Ketcham (sometimes spelled Ketchum, June 29, 1820 – December 6, 1879) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.