Judge of the United States Circuit Court. He was appointed to the Circuit Court by President Grant on December 8, 1869.
From FAG contributor Audrey Quinn Porter;
Source: The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin, by Parker McCobb Reed, Milwaukee; P. M. Reed Publisher (1882) transcribed by Vicki Bryan
THOMAS DRUMMOND, Chicago, was born at Bristol Mills, Lincoln county, Maine, October 16, 1809. His paternal grandfather emigrated from Scotland about the year 1760, and settled in Bristol before the breaking out of the revolutionary war. The mother of Thomas Drummond was a daughter of Henry Little, of New Castle, Maine, who descended from the early settlers of New England. His father was James Drummond, who was a farmer, but followed the sea for a considerable period of his life, and for some years represented his native town and county in the legislature of Maine.
Living on the sea coast, the son of a seaman, surrounded by maritime associations, it is not wonderful that the subject of this sketch early wished to become a sailor. His father was peremptory in his refusal to gratify the boyish longing, and the son was several times sorely tempted to run away, as so may lads had done before him. His sense of filial duty, however, was stronger than his love of adventure; but those mental experiences left their furrows in his heart, implanting a never-failing attachment to the profession, which has since shown itself in his complete mastery of all the leading points involved in maritime law, and caused his decisions in admiralty to be regarded as indisputable, and seldom appealed from or reversed.
He received his first instruction in the little school-house of his native village, and the structure is still standing on the same spot as that on which he learned his alphabet more than sixty years since. During his boyhood, he attended academies in Maine, at New Castle, Monmouth, Farmington, and Gorham. He entered Bowdoin College at Brunswick, Maine, in 1826, and graduated in regular course at the institution in 1830. His business training commenced immediately thereafter. Leaving Maine in September, 1830, for Philadelphia, the commenced the study of law in that city in the office of W. T. Dwight, who was a son of President Dwight, of Yale College, and subsequently he was in the office of T. Bradford, in the same city, where he remained until March 1833.
In May, 1835, Mr. Drummond left Philadelphia to come to Illinois and settled in Galena, where he was soon recognized as a lawyer of unusual and solid attainments, great perseverance and untiring industry. For fifteen years he practiced his profession at Galena with success, and was engaged in many important causes. On the death of Judge Pope he was appointed, in February 1850, by President Taylor, to succeed him in the office of judge of the United States district court for the district of Illinois. In 1854 Judge Drummond removed to Chicago, and held the office of district judge of the United States for the northern district of Illinois until December 22, 1869, when he was appointed judge of the seventh circuit of the United States, which comprises the States of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Judge Drummond has not mingled to any great extent in party politics, and has held political office but once. Formerly a whig, he subsequently became a republican, to which party affiliation he still adheres. The office above alluded to was that of member of the United States house of representatives for 1840 and 1841, representing the counties of northern Illinois, comprising what has been known as the Galena district.
He was married at Willow Springs, LaFayette county, Wisconsin, to Delia A., second daughter of J. P. Sheldon, of that place, and has two sons and four daughters. Judge Drummond, together with his family, belong to the congregation of St. James’ Episcopal church, Chicago.
By a long and laborious career on the federal bench, Judge Drummond’s fame as a jurist is completely established. None know him but to respect him for his learning and to love him for his noble qualities of mind and heart. For over thirty years he has held a place on the bench. Throughout that long period his career has been signalized by unremitting and arduous labor. His ambition and aim have been to conscientiously and justly perform the duties of his high position, and that he has attained the rank of a great and good judge is the tribute universally paid to him by the bar. His judicial opinions have always been distinguished for their strength of expression, and vigor of reasoning, and are part of the jurisprudence of the county. Endowed with a vigorous and rugged intellect, prompted always in this judicial and personal action by the strongest convictions of duty, Judge Drummond has never failed to put the stamp of his individuality upon whatever work he has had to do. His expositions of the law in all its branches are universally accepted as learned, able and authoritative, and by the bench and bar of the country he is recognized as one of the veterans in the federal judiciary. His inherent sense of justice is one of the veterans in the federal judiciary. His inherent sense of justice is one of his strongest characteristics. When dealing with legal questions, in words that are always significant and weighty, he summarily brushes away the chaff that may have accumulated in discussion, and grasps the great or essential point upon which a decision of the question or case must turn. Every litigant is assured of impartial and patient consideration of his case when he enters Judge Drummond’s court. Patience and kindness and courtesy characterize his demeanor on the bench, and the most painstaking care and deliberation characterize his investigation of every cause brought before him for judgment. Fearless in the discharge of every duty, upright in every act and purpose, he has maintained inflexibly the judicial character in its highest dignity and purest quality. Venerated by the bar and beloved by his brethren of the bench, it is their hope and wish that many years of health and happiness may yet be added to his long and honorable life.
From FAG contributor Audrey Quinn Porter;
Source: The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin, by Parker McCobb Reed, Milwaukee; P. M. Reed Publisher (1882) transcribed by Vicki Bryan
THOMAS DRUMMOND, Chicago, was born at Bristol Mills, Lincoln county, Maine, October 16, 1809. His paternal grandfather emigrated from Scotland about the year 1760, and settled in Bristol before the breaking out of the revolutionary war. The mother of Thomas Drummond was a daughter of Henry Little, of New Castle, Maine, who descended from the early settlers of New England. His father was James Drummond, who was a farmer, but followed the sea for a considerable period of his life, and for some years represented his native town and county in the legislature of Maine.
Living on the sea coast, the son of a seaman, surrounded by maritime associations, it is not wonderful that the subject of this sketch early wished to become a sailor. His father was peremptory in his refusal to gratify the boyish longing, and the son was several times sorely tempted to run away, as so may lads had done before him. His sense of filial duty, however, was stronger than his love of adventure; but those mental experiences left their furrows in his heart, implanting a never-failing attachment to the profession, which has since shown itself in his complete mastery of all the leading points involved in maritime law, and caused his decisions in admiralty to be regarded as indisputable, and seldom appealed from or reversed.
He received his first instruction in the little school-house of his native village, and the structure is still standing on the same spot as that on which he learned his alphabet more than sixty years since. During his boyhood, he attended academies in Maine, at New Castle, Monmouth, Farmington, and Gorham. He entered Bowdoin College at Brunswick, Maine, in 1826, and graduated in regular course at the institution in 1830. His business training commenced immediately thereafter. Leaving Maine in September, 1830, for Philadelphia, the commenced the study of law in that city in the office of W. T. Dwight, who was a son of President Dwight, of Yale College, and subsequently he was in the office of T. Bradford, in the same city, where he remained until March 1833.
In May, 1835, Mr. Drummond left Philadelphia to come to Illinois and settled in Galena, where he was soon recognized as a lawyer of unusual and solid attainments, great perseverance and untiring industry. For fifteen years he practiced his profession at Galena with success, and was engaged in many important causes. On the death of Judge Pope he was appointed, in February 1850, by President Taylor, to succeed him in the office of judge of the United States district court for the district of Illinois. In 1854 Judge Drummond removed to Chicago, and held the office of district judge of the United States for the northern district of Illinois until December 22, 1869, when he was appointed judge of the seventh circuit of the United States, which comprises the States of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Judge Drummond has not mingled to any great extent in party politics, and has held political office but once. Formerly a whig, he subsequently became a republican, to which party affiliation he still adheres. The office above alluded to was that of member of the United States house of representatives for 1840 and 1841, representing the counties of northern Illinois, comprising what has been known as the Galena district.
He was married at Willow Springs, LaFayette county, Wisconsin, to Delia A., second daughter of J. P. Sheldon, of that place, and has two sons and four daughters. Judge Drummond, together with his family, belong to the congregation of St. James’ Episcopal church, Chicago.
By a long and laborious career on the federal bench, Judge Drummond’s fame as a jurist is completely established. None know him but to respect him for his learning and to love him for his noble qualities of mind and heart. For over thirty years he has held a place on the bench. Throughout that long period his career has been signalized by unremitting and arduous labor. His ambition and aim have been to conscientiously and justly perform the duties of his high position, and that he has attained the rank of a great and good judge is the tribute universally paid to him by the bar. His judicial opinions have always been distinguished for their strength of expression, and vigor of reasoning, and are part of the jurisprudence of the county. Endowed with a vigorous and rugged intellect, prompted always in this judicial and personal action by the strongest convictions of duty, Judge Drummond has never failed to put the stamp of his individuality upon whatever work he has had to do. His expositions of the law in all its branches are universally accepted as learned, able and authoritative, and by the bench and bar of the country he is recognized as one of the veterans in the federal judiciary. His inherent sense of justice is one of the veterans in the federal judiciary. His inherent sense of justice is one of his strongest characteristics. When dealing with legal questions, in words that are always significant and weighty, he summarily brushes away the chaff that may have accumulated in discussion, and grasps the great or essential point upon which a decision of the question or case must turn. Every litigant is assured of impartial and patient consideration of his case when he enters Judge Drummond’s court. Patience and kindness and courtesy characterize his demeanor on the bench, and the most painstaking care and deliberation characterize his investigation of every cause brought before him for judgment. Fearless in the discharge of every duty, upright in every act and purpose, he has maintained inflexibly the judicial character in its highest dignity and purest quality. Venerated by the bar and beloved by his brethren of the bench, it is their hope and wish that many years of health and happiness may yet be added to his long and honorable life.
Judge of the United States Circuit Court. He was appointed to the Circuit Court by President Grant on December 8, 1869.
From FAG contributor Audrey Quinn Porter;
Source: The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin, by Parker McCobb Reed, Milwaukee; P. M. Reed Publisher (1882) transcribed by Vicki Bryan
THOMAS DRUMMOND, Chicago, was born at Bristol Mills, Lincoln county, Maine, October 16, 1809. His paternal grandfather emigrated from Scotland about the year 1760, and settled in Bristol before the breaking out of the revolutionary war. The mother of Thomas Drummond was a daughter of Henry Little, of New Castle, Maine, who descended from the early settlers of New England. His father was James Drummond, who was a farmer, but followed the sea for a considerable period of his life, and for some years represented his native town and county in the legislature of Maine.
Living on the sea coast, the son of a seaman, surrounded by maritime associations, it is not wonderful that the subject of this sketch early wished to become a sailor. His father was peremptory in his refusal to gratify the boyish longing, and the son was several times sorely tempted to run away, as so may lads had done before him. His sense of filial duty, however, was stronger than his love of adventure; but those mental experiences left their furrows in his heart, implanting a never-failing attachment to the profession, which has since shown itself in his complete mastery of all the leading points involved in maritime law, and caused his decisions in admiralty to be regarded as indisputable, and seldom appealed from or reversed.
He received his first instruction in the little school-house of his native village, and the structure is still standing on the same spot as that on which he learned his alphabet more than sixty years since. During his boyhood, he attended academies in Maine, at New Castle, Monmouth, Farmington, and Gorham. He entered Bowdoin College at Brunswick, Maine, in 1826, and graduated in regular course at the institution in 1830. His business training commenced immediately thereafter. Leaving Maine in September, 1830, for Philadelphia, the commenced the study of law in that city in the office of W. T. Dwight, who was a son of President Dwight, of Yale College, and subsequently he was in the office of T. Bradford, in the same city, where he remained until March 1833.
In May, 1835, Mr. Drummond left Philadelphia to come to Illinois and settled in Galena, where he was soon recognized as a lawyer of unusual and solid attainments, great perseverance and untiring industry. For fifteen years he practiced his profession at Galena with success, and was engaged in many important causes. On the death of Judge Pope he was appointed, in February 1850, by President Taylor, to succeed him in the office of judge of the United States district court for the district of Illinois. In 1854 Judge Drummond removed to Chicago, and held the office of district judge of the United States for the northern district of Illinois until December 22, 1869, when he was appointed judge of the seventh circuit of the United States, which comprises the States of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Judge Drummond has not mingled to any great extent in party politics, and has held political office but once. Formerly a whig, he subsequently became a republican, to which party affiliation he still adheres. The office above alluded to was that of member of the United States house of representatives for 1840 and 1841, representing the counties of northern Illinois, comprising what has been known as the Galena district.
He was married at Willow Springs, LaFayette county, Wisconsin, to Delia A., second daughter of J. P. Sheldon, of that place, and has two sons and four daughters. Judge Drummond, together with his family, belong to the congregation of St. James’ Episcopal church, Chicago.
By a long and laborious career on the federal bench, Judge Drummond’s fame as a jurist is completely established. None know him but to respect him for his learning and to love him for his noble qualities of mind and heart. For over thirty years he has held a place on the bench. Throughout that long period his career has been signalized by unremitting and arduous labor. His ambition and aim have been to conscientiously and justly perform the duties of his high position, and that he has attained the rank of a great and good judge is the tribute universally paid to him by the bar. His judicial opinions have always been distinguished for their strength of expression, and vigor of reasoning, and are part of the jurisprudence of the county. Endowed with a vigorous and rugged intellect, prompted always in this judicial and personal action by the strongest convictions of duty, Judge Drummond has never failed to put the stamp of his individuality upon whatever work he has had to do. His expositions of the law in all its branches are universally accepted as learned, able and authoritative, and by the bench and bar of the country he is recognized as one of the veterans in the federal judiciary. His inherent sense of justice is one of the veterans in the federal judiciary. His inherent sense of justice is one of his strongest characteristics. When dealing with legal questions, in words that are always significant and weighty, he summarily brushes away the chaff that may have accumulated in discussion, and grasps the great or essential point upon which a decision of the question or case must turn. Every litigant is assured of impartial and patient consideration of his case when he enters Judge Drummond’s court. Patience and kindness and courtesy characterize his demeanor on the bench, and the most painstaking care and deliberation characterize his investigation of every cause brought before him for judgment. Fearless in the discharge of every duty, upright in every act and purpose, he has maintained inflexibly the judicial character in its highest dignity and purest quality. Venerated by the bar and beloved by his brethren of the bench, it is their hope and wish that many years of health and happiness may yet be added to his long and honorable life.
From FAG contributor Audrey Quinn Porter;
Source: The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin, by Parker McCobb Reed, Milwaukee; P. M. Reed Publisher (1882) transcribed by Vicki Bryan
THOMAS DRUMMOND, Chicago, was born at Bristol Mills, Lincoln county, Maine, October 16, 1809. His paternal grandfather emigrated from Scotland about the year 1760, and settled in Bristol before the breaking out of the revolutionary war. The mother of Thomas Drummond was a daughter of Henry Little, of New Castle, Maine, who descended from the early settlers of New England. His father was James Drummond, who was a farmer, but followed the sea for a considerable period of his life, and for some years represented his native town and county in the legislature of Maine.
Living on the sea coast, the son of a seaman, surrounded by maritime associations, it is not wonderful that the subject of this sketch early wished to become a sailor. His father was peremptory in his refusal to gratify the boyish longing, and the son was several times sorely tempted to run away, as so may lads had done before him. His sense of filial duty, however, was stronger than his love of adventure; but those mental experiences left their furrows in his heart, implanting a never-failing attachment to the profession, which has since shown itself in his complete mastery of all the leading points involved in maritime law, and caused his decisions in admiralty to be regarded as indisputable, and seldom appealed from or reversed.
He received his first instruction in the little school-house of his native village, and the structure is still standing on the same spot as that on which he learned his alphabet more than sixty years since. During his boyhood, he attended academies in Maine, at New Castle, Monmouth, Farmington, and Gorham. He entered Bowdoin College at Brunswick, Maine, in 1826, and graduated in regular course at the institution in 1830. His business training commenced immediately thereafter. Leaving Maine in September, 1830, for Philadelphia, the commenced the study of law in that city in the office of W. T. Dwight, who was a son of President Dwight, of Yale College, and subsequently he was in the office of T. Bradford, in the same city, where he remained until March 1833.
In May, 1835, Mr. Drummond left Philadelphia to come to Illinois and settled in Galena, where he was soon recognized as a lawyer of unusual and solid attainments, great perseverance and untiring industry. For fifteen years he practiced his profession at Galena with success, and was engaged in many important causes. On the death of Judge Pope he was appointed, in February 1850, by President Taylor, to succeed him in the office of judge of the United States district court for the district of Illinois. In 1854 Judge Drummond removed to Chicago, and held the office of district judge of the United States for the northern district of Illinois until December 22, 1869, when he was appointed judge of the seventh circuit of the United States, which comprises the States of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Judge Drummond has not mingled to any great extent in party politics, and has held political office but once. Formerly a whig, he subsequently became a republican, to which party affiliation he still adheres. The office above alluded to was that of member of the United States house of representatives for 1840 and 1841, representing the counties of northern Illinois, comprising what has been known as the Galena district.
He was married at Willow Springs, LaFayette county, Wisconsin, to Delia A., second daughter of J. P. Sheldon, of that place, and has two sons and four daughters. Judge Drummond, together with his family, belong to the congregation of St. James’ Episcopal church, Chicago.
By a long and laborious career on the federal bench, Judge Drummond’s fame as a jurist is completely established. None know him but to respect him for his learning and to love him for his noble qualities of mind and heart. For over thirty years he has held a place on the bench. Throughout that long period his career has been signalized by unremitting and arduous labor. His ambition and aim have been to conscientiously and justly perform the duties of his high position, and that he has attained the rank of a great and good judge is the tribute universally paid to him by the bar. His judicial opinions have always been distinguished for their strength of expression, and vigor of reasoning, and are part of the jurisprudence of the county. Endowed with a vigorous and rugged intellect, prompted always in this judicial and personal action by the strongest convictions of duty, Judge Drummond has never failed to put the stamp of his individuality upon whatever work he has had to do. His expositions of the law in all its branches are universally accepted as learned, able and authoritative, and by the bench and bar of the country he is recognized as one of the veterans in the federal judiciary. His inherent sense of justice is one of the veterans in the federal judiciary. His inherent sense of justice is one of his strongest characteristics. When dealing with legal questions, in words that are always significant and weighty, he summarily brushes away the chaff that may have accumulated in discussion, and grasps the great or essential point upon which a decision of the question or case must turn. Every litigant is assured of impartial and patient consideration of his case when he enters Judge Drummond’s court. Patience and kindness and courtesy characterize his demeanor on the bench, and the most painstaking care and deliberation characterize his investigation of every cause brought before him for judgment. Fearless in the discharge of every duty, upright in every act and purpose, he has maintained inflexibly the judicial character in its highest dignity and purest quality. Venerated by the bar and beloved by his brethren of the bench, it is their hope and wish that many years of health and happiness may yet be added to his long and honorable life.
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