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'''Charles Cooper Nott''' ([[1827]], [[Schenectady, N. Y.]]-[[March 6]], [[1916]], [[New York]]) was a Chief Justice of the [[United States Court of Claims]]. |
'''Charles Cooper Nott''' ([[1827]], [[Schenectady, N. Y.]]-[[March 6]], [[1916]], [[New York]]) was a Chief Justice of the [[United States Court of Claims]]. |
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Nott was a son of Professor Joel B. Nott and a grandson of [[Eliphalet Nott]], a long time President of [[Union College]]. Nott graduated from Union College in 1848, was admitted to the bar and moved to New York in 1850, where he practised law until enlisting to fight at the beginning of the [[American Civil War]]. He was promoted to the rank of [[Colonel]].<ref name="nyt1916">{{cite newspaper | newspaper = [[New York Times]] | date = March 7, 1916 | title = Charles C. Nott dies at 88 | url = http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times/Charles_C._Nott_dies_at_88 }}</ref> |
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[[Abraham Lincoln]] appointed Nott to the Court of Claims in February, 1865, two months before the President died.<ref name="nyt1916"/> He was the reporter of decisions of forty-eight volumes of the Court of Claims Reports.<ref name="nyt1916"/> In 1896 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Claims by President [[Grover Cleveland]].<ref name="nyt1916"/> He wrote the unanimous opinion in ''Mrs. Lockwood's Case'', 9 Ct. Cl. 346 (1874), denying [[Belva Ann Lockwood]] admission to the bar of the Court of Claims. She appealed to the [[United States Supreme Court]] and lost.<ref>{{cite book| last=Bennett| first=Marion Tinsley| authorlink=Marion Tinsley Bennett| title=The United States Court of Claims: A History; Part I: The Judges, 1855–1976| location=Washington, D.C.| publisher=Committee on the Bicentennial of Independence and the Constitution of the Judicial Conference of the United States| year=1976}}</ref> |
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Nott retired in 1905.<ref name="nyt1916"/> He died on March 6, [[1916]] at 151 East Sixty-first Street.<ref name="nyt1916"/> His son, Charles C. Jr., was a Judge of the Special Sessions Court.<ref name="nyt1916"/> |
Nott retired in 1905.<ref name="nyt1916"/> He died on March 6, [[1916]] at 151 East Sixty-first Street.<ref name="nyt1916"/> His son, Charles C. Jr., was a Judge of the Special Sessions Court.<ref name="nyt1916"/> |
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Nott wrote several books: |
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*''A treatise on the mechanics' lien laws of the state of New York'' (W. C. Little & co., 1856) |
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*''The coming contraband'' (G.P. Putnam, 1862) |
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*''Sketches of the war'' (C.T. Evans, 1863; A.D.F. Randolph, 1865) |
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*''Sketches in prison camps'' (A. D. F. Randolph, 1865) |
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*''The seven great hymns of the mediaeval church'' (Anson D. F. Randolph, 1866) {{OCLC|43736585}}[http://www.archive.org/details/sevengreathymnso00nott][http://www.archive.org/details/sevengreathymnso00nottrich], (New York, E. S. Gorham, 1902)[http://www.archive.org/details/seven00nottgreathymnsorich][http://www.archive.org/details/thesevengreathym00unknuoft] |
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*''The Mystery of Pinckney Draught, New York'' (The Century Co., 1908) |
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* [http://www.archive.org/details/williamrichardson00hackrich A sketch of the life and public services of William Adams Richardson (1898)] |
* [http://www.archive.org/details/williamrichardson00hackrich A sketch of the life and public services of William Adams Richardson (1898)] |
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Revision as of 19:35, 4 December 2008
Charles Cooper Nott (1827, Schenectady, N. Y.-March 6, 1916, New York) was a Chief Justice of the United States Court of Claims.
Nott was a son of Professor Joel B. Nott and a grandson of Eliphalet Nott, a long time President of Union College. Nott graduated from Union College in 1848, was admitted to the bar and moved to New York in 1850, where he practised law until enlisting to fight at the beginning of the American Civil War. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel.[1]
Abraham Lincoln appointed Nott to the Court of Claims in February, 1865, two months before the President died.[1] He was the reporter of decisions of forty-eight volumes of the Court of Claims Reports.[1] In 1896 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Claims by President Grover Cleveland.[1] He wrote the unanimous opinion in Mrs. Lockwood's Case, 9 Ct. Cl. 346 (1874), denying Belva Ann Lockwood admission to the bar of the Court of Claims. She appealed to the United States Supreme Court and lost.[2]
Nott retired in 1905.[1] He died on March 6, 1916 at 151 East Sixty-first Street.[1] His son, Charles C. Jr., was a Judge of the Special Sessions Court.[1]
Bibliography
Nott wrote several books:
- A treatise on the mechanics' lien laws of the state of New York (W. C. Little & co., 1856)
- The coming contraband (G.P. Putnam, 1862)
- Sketches of the war (C.T. Evans, 1863; A.D.F. Randolph, 1865)
- Sketches in prison camps (A. D. F. Randolph, 1865)
- The seven great hymns of the mediaeval church (Anson D. F. Randolph, 1866) OCLC 43736585[1][2], (New York, E. S. Gorham, 1902)[3][4]
- The Mystery of Pinckney Draught, New York (The Century Co., 1908)
External links
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Charles C. Nott dies at 88". New York Times. March 7, 1916.
- ^ Bennett, Marion Tinsley (1976). The United States Court of Claims: A History; Part I: The Judges, 1855–1976. Washington, D.C.: Committee on the Bicentennial of Independence and the Constitution of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
See also
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