Indiana Supreme Court Justice Biographies: Justice Samuel Hamilton Buskirk

Indiana Supreme Court
Justice Biographies

Justice Samuel Hamilton Buskirk
(Twenty-fourth Justice)

Justice Buskirk was born January 19, 1820, in New Albany, Indiana, and died on April 3, 1879, in Indianapolis.⁸³

He moved to Bloomington, Indiana, where he attended school and college, graduating from Indiana University in 1841.⁸⁴

In 1848, he began to practice law.⁸⁵ He served five terms in the Indiana House of Representatives and was named Speaker in 1862.⁸⁶ On January 3, 1875, he joined the Indiana Supreme Court and served until January 1877, before retiring in Indianapolis.⁸⁷

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Source: Browning, Minde C., Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt. "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices." Indiana Law Review: Vol. 30, No. 1, 1997. View this source in PDF format.

Last modified on Thursday, June, 28, 2007

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