Theron Metcalf
| Theron Metcalf | |
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| Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | |
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In office 1848–1865 |
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| Appointed by | George N. Briggs |
| Preceded by | Vacant |
| Succeeded by | James Colt |
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| Born |
October 16, 1784 Franklin, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 12, 1875 (aged 91) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Tracy Metcalf |
| Relations | Uriah Tracy |
| Children | George Tracy Metcalf William Pitt Metcalf Julia Metcalf |
| Parents | Hanan Metcalf Mary (Allen) Metcalf |
| Residence |
Dedham, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater |
Brown University Litchfield Law School Harvard University |
| Profession |
Attorney Politician |
Theron Metcalf (October 16, 1784 – November 12, 1875) was an American attorney and politician from Massachusetts. He was a New England jurist and served as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Metcalf was born in Franklin, Massachusetts, the son of Hanan Metcalf and Mary (Allen) Metcalf. He graduated from Brown University in 1805, and studied law at the Litchfield Law School after graduation. He was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 1807, and moved to Dedham, Massachusetts in 1809 to practice law. Metcalf edited the Dedham Gazette from 1813-1819. He served as Norfolk County Attorney for twelve years, until the position was eliminated.
In 1815, he was appointed Reporter of Contested Elections for that year. In 1831, 1833 and 1834 he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and was chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He opened a law school in Dedham in 1828 where he gave lectures. Brown gave him the degree of LL.D. in 1844, and Harvard University did the same in 1848. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1844.
He was appointed Reporter of the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 1839, and sat on the bench of that court from February 24, 1848 until his resignation on August 31, 1865. His annotations were considered valuable for their philosophical investigation and discriminating analysis.
In 1832 and 1847, he was elected a fellow of Brown University. He delivered an address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Brown in 1832, and in 1840 delivered the 4th of July oration at Dedham. Metcalf donated a set of fifty volumes of ordination sermons that he had collected to Brown University.
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