Title
Walter Bennett Scates
Subject
Veterans
Soldiers
Scates, Walter Bennett (1808-1886)
Illinois--Evanston
Illinois. Supreme Court
Generals
Judges
Lawyers
Description
Walter Bennett Scates poses for a photograph which was later used as a memorial portrait. Scates moved to Illinois in 1831 and began practicing law. He served as States Attorney pro tem (1831-1834), Attorney General (1836), Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit (1836-1841), Illinois Supreme Court Justice (1841-1847), and Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1853-1855). He served as a brigadier general during the Civil War. After the war he was the Collector of Customs for the Port of Chicago (1866-1869) before resuming his law practice for the remainder of his life until his death in 1886. During his two terms in the Illinois Supreme Court, Scates heard 133 cases in which Abraham Lincoln was an attorney of record.
Creator
Mosher
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
n.d.
Format
jpg
Language
eng
Identifier
400584
Frank E. Stevens Collection
Original Format
portrait print
b&w
2
Physical Dimensions
17 x 11 cm