John Lee Logan
John Lee Logan | |
|---|---|
| Associate Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court | |
| In office April 12, 1888 – November 1889 | |
| Appointed by | Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | Norman Buck |
| Succeeded by | Willis Sweet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 5, 1848 Salem, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 15, 1890 (aged 41) Lewiston, Idaho Territory, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Gertrude Powell Tucker
(m. 1883) |
| Children | 0 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | John Randolph Tucker (father-in-law) |
John Lee Logan (March 5, 1848 – January 15, 1890) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court from 1888 to 1889.
Biography
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Logan was born in Salem, Virginia, on March 5, 1848, the son of James W. and Sarah (née Strother) Logan, the latter a descendant of Alexander Spotswood, John Rolfe, and Pocahontas. He attended the Virginia Military Institute, but dropped out to join a cavalry regiment of the Confederate Army. He read law under his future father-in-law, John Randolph Tucker, in Richmond, Virginia, from 1868 to 1870, and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He moved to New York City, and served as a law clerk from 1870 to 1873 before opening his own practice. He married Gertrude Powell Tucker, in 1883. They would have no children.[1][2][3] He was active in local Democratic politics in the 1870s.[4]
On March 5, 1888, President Grover Cleveland nominated Logan as Associate Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court, and he was confirmed by the senate on April 12, 1888.[5] He accepted the position with hope that it would improve his failing health.[3] His health continued to deteriorate in the Idaho Territory, leading President Benjamin Harrison to remove Logan, replacing him with Willis Sweet in November 1889.[6][7] Logan died soon after in Lewiston, Idaho Territory, on January 15, 1890.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Judges of the United States. 1983.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ De Leon, T. C. (1907). Belles, Beaux and Brains of the 60's. G. W. Dillingham Company.
- ^ a b "Judge John Lee Logan". The Idaho Statesman. March 20, 1888.
- ^ "Democratic Primaries". The Brooklyn Union. September 24, 1873.
- ^ Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of American, from December 5, 1887, to March 3, 1889, inclusive. Government Printing Office. 1901.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "A Very Sick Judge". Blackfoot News. November 9, 1889.
- ^ "Death of Judge Logan". The Ketchum Keystone. January 25, 1889.
- ^ "Judge Logan Dead". The Idaho Statesman. January 16, 1890.