Abram B. Olin

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::summary American judge ::

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Field	Value
name	Abram B. Olin
image	Abram Baldwin Olin.jpg
office	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
term_start	March 11, 1863
term_end	January 13, 1879
appointer	Abraham Lincoln
predecessor	Seat established by 12 Stat. 762
successor	Alexander Burton Hagner
state1	New York
district1
term_start1	March 4, 1857
term_end1	March 3, 1863
predecessor1	Russell Sage
successor1	John B. Steele
birth_name	Abram Baldwin Olin
birth_date
birth_place	Shaftsbury, Vermont
death_date
death_place	Sligo, Maryland
resting_place	West Lawn Cemetery
Williamstown, Massachusetts
party	Republican
mother	Lydia Myres Pope
father	Gideon Olin
relatives	Henry Olin
education	Williams College
read law
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Early life

Olin was born on September 21, 1808, in Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont, Olin was a youngers son of Gideon Olin, a United States representative from Vermont, and his second wife, Lydia Myres Pope Olin. He was the cousin of Henry Olin, also a United States Representative from Vermont.

Olin attended the common schools, then graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1835, and read law in 1838.

Career

He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Troy, New York from 1838 to 1856. He was city recorder for Troy from 1844 to 1852.

Congressional service

Olin was elected as a Republican from New York's 13th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 35th, 36th and 37th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1863.

Federal judicial service

Olin was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln on March 10, 1863, to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia), to a new Associate Justice seat authorized by 12 Stat. 762. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 11, 1863, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on January 13, 1879, due to his retirement. He was succeeded by Alexander Burton Hagner.

Personal life

After being ill for several weeks, Olin died on July 7, 1879, at his residence near Sligo in Montgomery County, Maryland (now part of Silver Spring). He was interred in the Danforth family lot adjacent to West Lawn Cemetery in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

References

|state=New York |district=13 |before=Russell Sage |after=John B. Steele |years=1857–1863

References

1. {{FJC Bio. 1810
2. {{CongBio. O000066
3. (27 January 1879). "JUDGE OLIN'S SUCCESSOR.". [[The New York Times]].
4. (8 July 1879). "Ex-JUDGE ABRAHAM B. OLIN.". [[The New York Times]].

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