Ezekiel B. Turner

Ezekiel B. Turner (May 24, 1825 – June 2, 1888) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

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Ezekiel B. Turner
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
In office
November 18, 1880 – June 2, 1888
Appointed byRutherford B. Hayes
Preceded byThomas Howard DuVal
Succeeded byThomas Sheldon Maxey
Attorney General of Texas
In office
1867–1870
GovernorElisha M. Pease
Edmund J. Davis
Preceded byWilliam M. Walton
Succeeded byWilliam Alexander
Personal details
Born
Ezekiel B. Turner

(1825-05-24)May 24, 1825
Putney, Vermont
DiedJune 2, 1888(1888-06-02) (aged 63)
Austin, Texas
Educationread law

Education and career

Born in Putney, Vermont, Turner read law to enter the bar in 1848. He became a prosecuting attorney of St. Joseph County, Michigan in 1850, and then a justice of the peace for that county. He was in private practice in Austin, Texas from 1854 to 1861, becoming a prosecuting attorney of Brownsville, Texas in 1863. He was the United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas from 1866 to 1867. He was the Attorney General of Texas from 1867 to 1870, and then served as a Texas Judge, first of the 32nd Judicial District of Texas from 1871 to 1876, and then of the 16th Judicial District of Texas beginning in 1876.[1]

Federal judicial service

Turner received a recess appointment from President Rutherford B. Hayes on November 18, 1880, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas vacated by Judge Thomas Howard DuVal. He was nominated to the same position by President Hayes on December 14, 1880. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 1880, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on June 2, 1888, due to his death in Austin.[1]

References
  1. Ezekiel B. Turner at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources
Legal offices
Preceded by
William M. Walton		 Attorney General of Texas
1867–1870		 Succeeded by
William Alexander
Preceded by
Thomas Howard DuVal		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
1880–1888		 Succeeded by
Thomas Sheldon Maxey
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