Samuel Treat

Samuel Treat

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Years in office: 1857 - 1887

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard University, 1837

Law

Read law, 1841

Graduate

Harvard University, 1840

Personal

Birthplace

Portsmouth, NH

Samuel Treat (1815-1902) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

He was nominated by President Franklin Pierce on March 3, 1857. He was confirmed by the Senate and received commission that same day. He retired on March 5, 1887.^[1] Treat was succeeded in this position by Amos Madden Thayer.

Early life and education

• Harvard University, B.A., 1837
• Harvard University, M.A., 1840
• Read law, 1841^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1841-1849
• Editor, St. Louis Union, St. Louis, Missouri, 1841-1849
• Judge, Court of Common Pleas, City and County of St. Louis, 1849-1857
• Professor, Admiralty Law, Washington University Law School, 1867-1887^[1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of Missouri

Treat was nominated by President Franklin Pierce on March 3, 1857. He was confirmed by the Senate and received commission that same day. He retired on March 5, 1887.^[1] Treat was succeeded in this position by Amos Madden Thayer.

External links

• Article from 1887 about Samuel Treat from the New York Times.
• Judge Treat's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated by Franklin Pierce
Pierce	Blackford • Campbell • Dunlop • DuVal • John James Gilchrist • Giles • Humphreys • Ingersoll • Love • Magrath • McAllister • McIntosh • Merrick • Ogier • Scarburgh • Smalley • Samuel Treat • Samuel Hubbel Treat • Willson

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Active judges	Chief Judge: Stephen Clark (Missouri)   •  Henry Autrey  •  Brian C. Wimes  •  Sarah Pitlyk  •  Matthew Schelp  •  Maria Lanahan  •  Zachary Bluestone
Senior judges	Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.  •  Jean Hamilton  •  Catherine Perry  •  E. Richard Webber  •  Rodney Sippel  •  Edward Filippine  •  Nanette Laughrey  •  Audrey Fleissig  •  John Ross (Missouri)  •
Magistrate judges	Patricia Cohen  •  Joseph S. Dueker  •  Shirley Mensah  •  Abbie S. Crites-Leoni  •  Noelle C. Collins  •  John Bodenhausen  •  Stephen Welby  •  Rodney Holmes  •
Former Article III judges	Carol Jackson  •  Charles Shaw (Missouri)  •  Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.  •  Donald Stohr  •  John Nangle  •  Samuel Treat  •  Elmer Bragg Adams  •  Henry Samuel Priest  •  Amos Madden Thayer  •  David Patterson Dyer  •  Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg  •  Charles Breckenridge Faris  •  Roy Winfield Harper  •  Charles B. Davis (Missouri federal judge)  •  George Moore (Missouri)  •  John Collet  •  William Webster  •  Clyde Cahill  •  William Collinson  •  Richard Duncan (Missouri)  •  Joseph Stevens (Missouri)  •  Harris Wangelin  •  George Gunn  •  Rubey Hulen  •  William Hungate  •  James Meredith (Missouri)  •  John Regan  •  Randolph Weber  •  Ronnie L. White  •
Former Chief judges	Carol Jackson  •  Jean Hamilton  •  Catherine Perry  •  Rodney Sippel  •  Edward Filippine  •  John Nangle  •  Roy Winfield Harper  •  George Moore (Missouri)  •  Harris Wangelin  •  James Meredith (Missouri)  •