Volney Howard
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Volney Erskine Howard (October 22, 1809 – May 14, 1889) was an American lawyer, statesman, and jurist.
Career
Volney Erskine Howard was born in Oxford County, Maine on October 22, 1809, to Richard Howard, a prosperous farmer. At the age of 22, Howard traveled to Mississippi to study law. He commenced law practice in Brandon, Mississippi. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1836; reporter of the supreme court of the State of Mississippi; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress and editor of the Mississippian.
He moved to Texas during the
Appointed attorney to the Land Commission of California by President
Howard died in Santa Monica, California and was buried at Fort Hill in Los Angeles, California.[1] Howard County, Texas was named in his honor.[2]
References
- ^ https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH18890515.2.14&
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 162.
External links
- Column (approx. 2,000 words) on Howard as major-general in charge of state efforts to crush vigilantes' control of San Francisco in 1856
- United States Congress. "Volney Howard (id: H000845)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Volney Erskine Howard from the Handbook of Texas Online