William F. Fitzgerald
| William F. Fitzgerald | |
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| Associate Justice, Arizona Territorial Supreme Court | |
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In office March 10, 1884 – November 9, 1885 |
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| Nominated by | Chester A. Arthur |
| Preceded by | A. W. Sheldon |
| Succeeded by | William H. Barnes |
| Associate Justice, California Supreme Court | |
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In office February 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895 |
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| Nominated by | Henry Markham |
| Preceded by | John R. Sharpstein |
| Succeeded by | Jackson Temple |
| California Attorney General | |
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In office January 7, 1895 – January 2, 1899 |
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| Preceded by | William H. H. Hart |
| Succeeded by | Tirey L. Ford |
| Personal details | |
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February 7, 1846 Jackson, Mississippi |
| Died | May 12, 1903 (aged 57) Butte, Montana |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Attorney |
William Francis Fitzgerald (February 7, 1846 – May 12, 1903) was an American jurist who served on the Federal bench as an Associate Justice on the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court, as well as at the state level as an Associate Justice on the California Supreme Court. Other positions he held include California Attorney General and judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.
Fitzgerald was born February 7, 1846 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was educated in his hometown's public schools until the age of 12 when his work as a newsboy prompted a patron to sponsor him into St. Mary's College (Kentucky). Fitzgerald attended the Kentucky school from late 1858 till the start of the American Civil War.
With the outbreak of hostilities, Fitzgerald enlisted in the Confederate States Army on March 27, 1861. He saw considerable action during the course of hostilities, participating in the Battle of Shiloh and being wounded at least once. A later account in the Vicksburg Daily Herald reported of the youth, "It was under the eye of the gallant Bod Smith that Fitzgerald, then a beardless stripling of seventeen, charged, with his gallant company, the impregnable Federal works, held by a large body of troops, strongly intrenched, with heavy siege guns, behind quadrilateral earthworks, and fell, sword in hand, pierced through the lungs, at the foot of the murderous parapet. He alone of his entire company succeeded in reaching the works." As a result of this action Fitzgerald received a battlefield promotion to first lieutenant.
Following the war, Fitzgerald began studying law and was admitted to the Mississippi bar on February 18, 1868. Upon obtaining his law license, he began practicing law in Jackson. Fitzgerald was twice married, both times to a daughter of Dr. C. S. Knapp of Jackson. As a result of his marriages, Fitzgerald fathered one daughter.
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