David Campbell Humphreys

David Campbell Humphreys (November 9, 1817 – July 12, 1879) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

David Campbell Humphreys
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
In office
May 13, 1870  July 12, 1879
Appointed byUlysses S. Grant
Preceded byGeorge P. Fisher
Succeeded byCharles Pinckney James
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
In office
1843
1849
1853
1868
Personal details
Born
David Campbell Humphreys

(1817-11-09)November 9, 1817
Morgan County, Alabama
DiedJuly 12, 1879(1879-07-12) (aged 61)
Fairfax County, Virginia

Education and career

Born in Morgan County, Alabama, Humphreys began the practice of law in Madison County, Alabama. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1843, 1849, 1853, and 1868. He was a planter and in private practice in Huntsville, Alabama from 1850 to 1861. During the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army, rising to the rank of Colonel.[1]

Federal judicial service

Humphreys was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant on April 22, 1870, to an Associate Justice seat on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia) vacated by Associate Justice George P. Fisher. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 10, 1870, and received his commission on May 13, 1870. His service terminated on July 2, 1879, due to his death in Fairfax County, Virginia.[1]

Unsuccessful nomination

In 1873, President Grant nominated Humphreys to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, in an effort to replace the increasingly unpopular Judge Richard Busteed with an Alabama native (Busteed was simultaneously nominated to take Humphreys' seat in the District of Columbia), but the nomination was returned by the Senate as irregular.[1]

Home

Humphreys' house in Huntsville, built in 1848, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[2]

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Legal offices
Preceded by
George P. Fisher
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
1870–1879
Succeeded by
Charles Pinckney James
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