Letter from James Polk to Robert Grier

Letter from James Polk to Robert Grier
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PDF icon Letter from James Polk to Robert Grier
Number of Pages: 
4
Date: 
August 3, 1846

President James Knox Polk informs Judge Robert Cooper Grier (Class of 1812) that he has nominated Grier as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Grier will "fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge [Henry] Baldwin," as President Polk explains. Transcript included.

People: 
Baldwin, Henry
Grier, Robert Cooper
Polk, James Knox
Subject: 
Politics and Government
Format: 
Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 
1840-1859
Location: 
I-SpahrB-undated-24
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr