Daniel Ringo was a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, and later a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arkansas, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
10 Facts About Daniel Ringo
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Daniel Ringo read law in 1830, and entered private practice in Washington, Arkansas.
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Daniel Ringo was chief justice until 1844, when he was defeated for re-election.
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Daniel Ringo received a recess appointment from President Zachary Taylor on November 5,1849, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arkansas vacated by the death of Judge Benjamin Johnson.
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Daniel Ringo was nominated to the same position by President Taylor on December 21,1849.
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Daniel Ringo was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 10,1850, and received his commission the same day.
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Daniel Ringo was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas on March 3,1851, to a new joint seat authorized by 9 Stat.
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Daniel Ringo's service terminated on May 6,1861, due to his resignation, which came at the beginning of the American Civil War.
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Daniel Ringo resumed private practice in Little Rock from 1865 to 1873, though "[i]n his later years he did little, for the adoption of the civil code had deprived him of his principal engine of legal warfare, the common-law pleading".
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Daniel Ringo died on September 3,1873, in Little Rock.