Allen Bowie Duckett
{{short description|American politician (1775–1809)}}
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| office = Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
| term_start = March 17, 1806
| term_end = July 19, 1809
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Allen Bowie Duckett (1775 – July 19, 1809) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
Education and career
Born in 1775, in Prince George's County, Province of Maryland, British America, Duckett graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1790 and read law. He entered private practice in Prince George's County, Maryland. He was an assistant clerk for the Maryland House of Delegates from 1793 to 1795. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1796 to 1800. He was a member of the Executive Council of the State of Maryland from 1801 to 1806.{{FJC Bio|2817|nid=1390921|name=Allen Bowie Duckett}}
Federal judicial service
Duckett was nominated by President Thomas Jefferson on February 28, 1806, to a seat on the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia vacated by Judge William Cranch. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 3, 1806, and received his commission on March 17, 1806. His service terminated on July 19, 1809, due to his death in Prince George's County.
References
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- {{FJC Bio|2817|nid=1390921|name=Allen Bowie Duckett}}
Further reading
- [http://earlywashingtondc.org/people/per.001543 Allen Bowie Duckett, O Say Can You See: Early Washington, D.C., Law & Family (accessed November 5, 2015)] This person page networks the involvement of Allen Bowie Duckett in the legal records and proceedings of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia during his three-year term as judge.
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Category:Members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Category:Judges of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Category:United States federal judges appointed by Thomas Jefferson
Category:United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law
Category:18th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly