Isham Reavis was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona Territory.
11 Facts About Isham Reavis
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Isham Reavis was educated at schools in Beardstown and Virginia, Illinois.
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Isham Reavis sent a request to his father's friend, Abraham Lincoln, asking the Illinois lawyer oversee his studies but was informed that Lincoln's schedule did not allow him to take an apprentice at the time.
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Isham Reavis was admitted to the bar in 1857 and, after practicing law for a short time in Illinois, moved to Falls City, Nebraska, in May 1858 where he opened a private law practice.
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When Nebraska achieved statehood in 1867, Isham Reavis was appointed to a two-year term as district attorney for the 1st judicial district.
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When Ulysses S Grant was inaugurated in 1869, Reavis wrote to him requesting appointment as a judge in Wyoming Territory.
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Isham Reavis was instead nominated for a bench on the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court and confirmed by the US Senate on April 20,1869.
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Isham Reavis lived in La Paz till early 1871 when seat for the second judicial district was moved to Yuma.
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Isham Reavis submitted his resignation on December 1,1871, and remained on the bench till his replacement, DeForest Porter, was sworn in on April 12,1872.
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Isham Reavis remained there until May 1873 when he moved his family back to Falls City, Nebraska.
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Isham Reavis died in his home on May 8,1914, and was entombed in a family mausoleum in Steele Cemetery.