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William Virgil Peck

1804 – 1877

Ohio Jurist

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Lived 1804 – 1877 (aged 73). William Virgil Peck was an American lawyer and judge.

William V. Peck (April 17, 1804 – December 30, 1877) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1859–1864.

Born April 17, 1804 in Canandaigua, New York, William V. Peck grew up in Connecticut, where he studied law at Litchfield Law School. After graduating in 1826, Peck moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he clerked in the law office of Bellamy Storer. He moved to Scioto County, Ohio in 1827, and had a law practice there until 1847.

In 1858, as a Republican, Peck defeated incumbent Democrat Thomas Welles Bartley as Judge on the Ohio Supreme Court. He declined re-nomination for the 1863 election. He returned to Portsmouth in 1864, and did not resume practice of law.

Peck died December 30, 1877. He is buried at Green Lawn Cemetery in Portsmouth.

Peck married Mary Ann Cook on July 8, 1830. They had fourteen children.

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Litchfield Law School
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Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
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Who was William Virgil Peck?

Ohio Jurist (1804-1877)

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William Virgil Peck was born on 17 April 1804 in Canandaigua.

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William Virgil Peck died on 30 December 1877 in Portsmouth.

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William Virgil Peck was a lawyer and judge.

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William Virgil Peck was American.

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· Wikipedia: William Virgil Peck

· Wikidata: Q8019742

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