Wheeler Hazard Peckham
| Wheeler Peckham | |
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| District Attorney of New York County | |
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In office November 30, 1883 – December 9, 1883 |
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| Governor | Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | John Vincent (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Peter Olney |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 1, 1833 Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 27, 1905 (aged 72) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education |
Union College Albany Law School (LLB) |
Wheeler Hazard Peckham (January 1, 1833 – September 27, 1905) was an American lawyer from New York and a failed nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States. His father, Rufus Wheeler Peckham, was also a lawyer, and a New York Court of Appeals judge and congressman. His brother, also named Rufus Wheeler Peckham, was also a New York lawyer, state court judge, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Peckham was born in Albany, New York, on New Year's Day, 1833 to Rufus Wheeler Peckham and Isabella Adoline; his mother died when he was 15. He was educated at The Albany Academy and at his father's alma mater, Union College, where he joined The Kappa Alpha Society before leaving early due to poor health. Peckham studied law at his father's partnership with Lyman Tremain and was also among the first students to attend Albany Law School. Peckham then left New York to practice in the northwestern United States, where he became what the New York Times called "one of the best known attorneys in that part of the country."
Poor health caused him to return to New York City in 1867, where he established the firm of Miller & Peckham and gained fame first as a constitutional lawyer, and later as a special prosecutor for the State. He was involved in the unsuccessful prosecution of Mayor A. Oakey Hall in 1872, and also prosecuted former Tammany Hall leader "Boss" Tweed with Tremain in 1873. Peckham again represented the State against Tweed in 1876, when he won a $6 million verdict in a civil fraud suit.
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