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Thomas Drummond

DRUMMOND, Thomas, jurist, born in Bristol Mills, Lincoln County, Maine, 16 October 1809. He was graduated at Bowdoin in 1830, studied law in Philadelphia, and was admitted to the bar there in 1833. He removed to Galena, Illinois, in 1835, and in 1840'1 was a member of the Illinois legislature. He was appointed U. S. judge for the district of Illinois in February 1850, and in 1854 removed to Chicago. In 1855 the state was divided into two judicial districts, and he became judge of the northern one. In December 1869, he was made judge of the U. S. circuit court for the 7th district, including the states of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, but resigned in July 1884, and has since lived in retirement.

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