1. Robert Wash served on the Supreme Court of Missouri from September 1825 to May 1837.
18 Facts About Robert Wash
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Robert Wash was the youngest of seven children born to William Wash and Anee Lipscomb Wash.
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Robert Wash's parents were wealthy enough to send him to William and Mary College.
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Robert Wash graduated in 1808, at the age of 18, spent the following two years studying law, and was admitted to the bar.
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Robert Wash traveled with Howard on an expedition up the Mississippi River from St Louis to Peoria as part of a plan to strike the Fox and Sac Indians campaigning with the British.
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When Missouri gained statehood in 1821 and St Louis was incorporated, Robert Wash was elected to its first nine-member board of aldermen.
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Robert Wash was active in making upgrades to the harbor and levee.
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Robert Wash was prescient in his thinking that unless proper dikes were built, the west side of the river channel would eventually be choked with sand bars, a situation that did come to pass.
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Robert Wash contended that she and Carrington had lived in Illinois from late October to early December 1829.
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Robert Wash took up her residence there, with her slave in her possession, and kept the slave there for upwards of one month, and treated the slave in all respects as slaves are treated in States where slavery is allowed.
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Judge Robert Wash agreed that the lower court's jury instructions had been given in error, but insisted that intent was an essential element of residence.
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Judge Wash was a witness for the Wash v Magehan freedom suit and that of Polly Wash's daughter, Lucy.
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When Major Berry died in a duel, his widow married Judge Robert Wash, who was then responsible for Polly, who was married and had two daughters while with the Berry and Wash families.
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Robert Wash was an Episcopalian who served on the vestry of Christ Church.
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Robert Wash was an indefatigable booster for the City of St Louis, foreseeing a great future for the municipality.
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In May 1818, Judge Robert Wash was part of a group entering into an agreement to build a theater.
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Robert Wash's colleagues noted he had a passion for hunting and kept a pack of hounds.
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Robert Wash was immediately taken with severe cramps in the stomach, which rendered an adjournment of the court necessary.