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About James Henry Howe
James Henry Howe was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served one year as United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant. Earlier in his career, he was the 7th Attorney General of Wisconsin and served as a Union Army colonel in the American Civil War. He was Solicitor and General Manager for the Chicago and Northwestern R.R. and later solicitor for the Chicago, St. Paul and Omaha R.R. He was a nephew of U.S. Senator Timothy O. Howe, and was said to be "like a son" to him.
Everything about James Henry Howe →- Occupation
- lawyer, judge
- Position held
- United States federal judge, Attorney General of Wisconsin
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 5, 1827
- Died
- January 4, 1893