George Parker Scarburgh

George Parker Scarburgh

Prior offices:

U.S. Court of Claims

Years in office: 1856 - 1861

Personal

Birthplace

Virginia

George Parker Scarburgh (1806-1879) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Claims.

Scarburgh was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Franklin Pierce. He was commissioned on May 8, 1855, and ended his service on the court on April 11, 1861.^[1]

Education

• Read law

Professional career

• Private practice, Accomack County, Virginia, 1837-1844
• Judge, Third Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery, 1844-1852
• Professor of law, College of William & Mary, 1852-1855
• Private practice, Halifax County, Virginia, 1861-1865
• Private practice, Norfolk, Virginia, 1865-1877
• Judge, Corporation Court, Norfolk, Virginia, 1877-1879

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