Fletcher Ladd
The Honourable Fletcher Ladd | |
|---|---|
 Fletcher Ladd, c. 1893 | |
| 7th Associate Justice of the Philippines | |
| In office June 17, 1901 – July 13, 1903 | |
| Appointed by | William Mckinley |
| Preceded by | Charles A. Willard |
| Succeeded by | Elias Finley Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fletcher Ladd 21 December 1862 Lancaster, New Hampshire |
| Died | 12 December 1903 (aged 40) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Summer Street Cemetery |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | William S. Ladd, Almira Barnes |
| Education | Phillis Andover Academy, A.B., Dartmouth College, Harvard Law School(Bachelor of Laws),Heidelberg University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Fletcher Ladd (21 December 1862 – 12 December 1903) was an American lawyer who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from June 17, 1901, until his resignation on July 13, 1903.[1]
Biography
[edit]Fletcher Ladd was born in Lancaster, New Hampshire on December 21, 1862, to William Spencer Ladd, judge of the Supreme Court of New Hamphire,[2][3][4][5] and Almira Barnes;[6][7] A family business, "Ladd and Fletcher" was founded by his uncle, Everett Fletcher.[8] His mother, Almira, was said to be "one of the intellectual Fletcher family".[9] He was described by those who knew him as a "sound lawyer"[10] and a "brillant man".[9] Ladd graduated A.B. Dartmouth College He graduated from Philis Andover Academy in 1884. Ladd had interests in law and literature,[11] and received his LL.B degree from Harvard law school. He also studied at Heidelberg University in Germany for two years. Ladd was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society.[12]
Career
[edit]Ladd was admitted to the bar in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in 1889 and to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1892. Ladd practiced law in Boston from 1889 to 1892, then returned to New Hampshire to become a member of the firm Ladd & Fletcher.[13] When his father died, he joined practice of his uncle, Everett Fletcher.[14]
As an Associate Justice
[edit]In 1900, President William Mckinley appointed Ladd as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, where he served from 1901 to 1903.[15][16]
Health and death
[edit]Due to illness, Ladd was forced to resign in August 1903 and return home. He died four months later on December 12, 1903, in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 40.[17][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Associate Justice - Supreme Court E-Library".
- ^ Granite State Monthly. 1904.
- ^ Association, American Bar (1891). Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting. Headquarters Office.
- ^ Grafton and Coös Bar Association, 1898, pp.599
- ^ The Dartmouth, Volume 22, page 362
- ^ Association, Grafton and Coös Bar (1898). Proceedings of the Grafton and Coös Counties Bar Association. The Association.
- ^ Davis, 1895
- ^ Moses, George Higgins (1893). New Hampshire Men. New Hampshire, United States: New Hampshire Publishing Company. p. 176.
- ^ a b Hampshire, Bar Association of the State of New (1908). Proceedings - Bar Association of the State of New Hampshire.
- ^ Society, New Hampshire Historical (1906). Proceedings.
- ^ Somers, Amos Newton (1899). History of Lancaster, New Hampshire. Rumford Press.
- ^ of 1884, Dartmouth College Class (1909). Dartmouth 1884: A History.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b New Hampshire Historical Society(1906), Proceedings, Vol.4, p.421
- ^ The Dartmouth, 1900, vol.22, p.362
- ^ Department, United States War (1901). Annual Reports of the War Department. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Hawaii Legislature House,1901, page 295
- ^ "JUDGE FLETCHER LADD DEAD.; Was fop Three Years on the Philippines Supreme Bench". The New York Times. 1903-12-14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-22.