A. W. Sheldon
| A. W. Sheldon | |
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| Associate Justice, Arizona Territorial Supreme Court | |
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In office May 15, 1883 – January 31, 1884 |
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| Nominated by | Chester A. Arthur |
| Preceded by | Wilson W. Hoover |
| Succeeded by | William F. Fitzgerald |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1842 or early 1843 Granville, Ohio |
| Died | January 31, 1884 San Francisco, California |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Attorney |
Alvanus Warner "A. W." Sheldon (c. 1842 – January 31, 1884) was an American jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1883 till his death in 1884.
Sheldon was born in Granville, Ohio to Paul Warner Sheldon Jr. and his second wife, Eliza (Howell) Sheldon, in 1842 or early 1843. He was educated in local public schools and attended Denison University.
With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Sheldon enlisted as a private for three months in the 17th Ohio Infantry. At the completion of his initial enlistment he joined the 45th Ohio Infantry. Sheldon was commissioned as a captain on October 13, 1864. The remainder of the war he spent as a staff officer for a number of commanding officers, "having been severely wounded in battle and incapacitated for active field service". At the end of hostilities he was assigned to Richmond, Virginia as Commissary of Subsistence of Virginia. Sheldon achieved the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel on March 13, 1865 and left the military on March 20, 1866.
Following the war Sheldon moved to New York City where he studied law. On his application for the Arizona bench he indicated he graduated from the "Columbia College Law School" but the Columbia University records do not show him receiving a degree. By 1875 Sheldon had been admitted to the bar and was practicing law at the firm of Lockwood, Sheldon & Lockwood. While in New York, Sheldon served as Judge Advocate for the New York State Militia, participated in veteran's organizations, and was an attorney for the Prison Association of New York.
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