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THB1875 ULYSSES S GRANT Signed, Chief Justice of Supreme Court Washington Territory
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1875 President "U.S. Grant" Signed Large "Commission as Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Washington Territory"
ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822-1885). Eighteenth President of the United States, First "Lieutenant-General" of the Army since George Washington, and Major General (July 4, 1863), he led the Union Armies to victory in the last years of the American Civil War.
January 26, 1875-Dated, Partially-Printed Engraved Document Signed, "U.S. Grant" as President and Countersigned, "Hamilton Fish" as Secretary of State, Choice Very Fine. Printed on thick official wove paper, beautifully accomplished in ink. This impressive large size Document measures 16" x 21" and Appoints Joseph R. Lewis as the "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory." Docketed on the blank back, "Commission as Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Washington Territory. To Joseph R. Lewis, U.S. Grant President, Jany 26, 1875." The original official Embossed Federal Eagle Paper Seal is sharp, fully intact and in great condition. Overall this historic Presidential judicial Appointment is crisp and bright with storage folds, one tiny sealed fold intersection hole made invisible. U.S. Grant's signature is sharp and strong, a vertical fold runs through his initial U. Professionally flattened mounted and framed, this historic 1875 "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory" presidential appointment will make an outstanding document for display.
HONORABLE JOSEPH R. LEWIS was born in London, Ohio, September 17, 1829. His
great-grandfather was a native of Wales, and emigrated to Pennsylvania at an early day. He took an active part in the affairs of the young State and worked for men and principles of the Republican Party.
Lewis was in Iowa during the great Lincoln campaign of 1860. After the election of General Grant in 1868, Mr. Lewis' health broke down, and on April 15, 1869, he was appointed by President U.S. Grant as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho, and proceeded to Boise City in that Territory, in May, 1869. He held court the first year in Silver City, the Owyhee Mining District and at Boise City, and in 1870 organized a court in southeastern Idaho at Malad City, where he held two terms.
May 25, 1871, he was appointed Associate Justice of New Mexico, but did not accept the appointment, and in the fall of that year he engaged in the practice of law in Boise City, continuing to March 21, 1872, when he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Bench of the Territory of Washington, and in April following he proceeded to Walla Walla, the first judicial district to which he was then assigned. At that time the whole of Eastern Washington constituted but one district. He held court at Walla Walla and Cotville, and in 1872 organized other courts in the district.
Without any effort on his part, upon January 26, 1875, he was Appointed as Chief Justice of
the Supreme-Court of the Territory, and in April of the same year moved to Seattle, where he has since resided. He held court at Seattle, Tacoma, Steilacoom and Snohomish, and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Bench attended terms of that court at Olympia. He served one full term of tour years as Chief Justice, and in July, 1879, joined the bar of Seattle.
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