Boardman, Douglass, 1822-1891
Lawyer, judge, professor of law.
Douglass Boardman graduated from Yale in 1842 and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and practiced law in Ithaca, New York. From 1848-1851 he served as District Attorney of Tompkins County, New York, and from 1852-1856 was County Judge. In 1856 he and Judge Francis M. Finch formed a law partnership which continued until 1866 when Boardman was elected a justice of the Supreme Court for the 6th district. He was a director of the First National Bank of Ithaca from its organization in 1864 and became its president in 1884; became a trustee of Cornell University in 1875; and was appointed Dean when the Cornell Law School was organized. Judge Boardman retired from the Supreme Court in 1887, and died in 1891.
From the description of Douglass Boardman papers, 1839-1891. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64691895
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referencedIn | Smith, Lewis E., 1812-1904. Letter, from Douglass Boardman, 1869. | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Robinson family. Robinson family papers, 1868-1950. | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Robertson family papers, 1820-1907. | Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. | |
referencedIn | Manuscript collections, 1818-1905, 1818-1887 (bulk) | Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. | |
referencedIn | Douglass Boardman papers, 1839-1891. | Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. | |
referencedIn | Robinson family papers, 1868-1950. | Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. | |
referencedIn | McGraw family papers, 1854-1956. | Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. | |
referencedIn | Cornell Public Library (Ithaca, N.Y.),. Cornell Public Library manuscript collections, 1818-1905, 1818-1887 (bulk). | Cornell University Library | |
creatorOf | Boardman, Douglass, 1822-1891. Douglass Boardman papers, 1839-1891. | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | McGraw family. McGraw family papers, 1854-1956. | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Robertson family. Robertson family papers, 1820-1907. | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Amdursky, Robert S. The background of and decisions in the Fiske-McGraw will suit, 1959. | Cornell University Library |
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Birth 1822
Death 1891