15 Facts About Ebenezer Peck

Ebenezer Peck was an attorney and politician in the United States and Lower Canada and a judge of the Court of Claims.

Ebenezer Peck entered private practice in Stanstead and Sherbrooke, Lower Canada from 1827 to 1833.

Ebenezer Peck was King's counsel for Lower Canada in 1833.

Ebenezer Peck was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1829 to 1834.

Ebenezer Peck was an internal improvement commissioner for Chicago, Illinois in 1837.

Ebenezer Peck was a member of the Illinois Senate from 1838 to 1839.

Ebenezer Peck was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1840 to 1842, and from 1858 to 1860.

Ebenezer Peck was a member of the Democratic Party until 1853, but his anti-slavery views led him to leave that party in 1853, and by 1856, he was assisting in establishing the Republican Party in Illinois.

Ebenezer Peck was clerk for the Illinois Supreme Court from 1841 to 1848.

Ebenezer Peck was in private practice in Chicago from 1846 to 1863.

Ebenezer Peck was publisher and editor of The Argus in Chicago in 1850.

Ebenezer Peck was reporter for the Illinois Supreme Court from 1849 to 1863.

Ebenezer Peck was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln on March 6,1863, to the Court of Claims, to a new seat authorized by 12 Stat.

Ebenezer Peck was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 10,1863, and received his commission the same day.

Ebenezer Peck's service terminated on May 1,1878, due to his resignation.