John Lansing Wendell
John Lansing Wendell (2 January, 1785-19 December, 1861) was an American judge.
| John Lansing Wendell | |
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| Born | 2 January 1785  |
| Died | 19 December 1861 (aged 76) |
| Children | Anna Mary Wendell Minturn |
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Wendell was born in Albany, New York, on 2 January, 1785, and died in Hartford, Connecticut on 19 December, 1861, at the age of 76. He was a descendant of one of the Dutch families of New York. He was educated in Albany and Cambridge, New York, his family having' removed to the latter place about 1795. He there entered the law-office of his brother, Gerritt Wendell, became a member of the Albany bar, subsequently judge of Washington county, and was for many years reporter of the supreme court of the state of New York. He published Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, 1828-'41 (26 vols., Albany, 1829-'42), and Digest of Cases, Supreme Court of New York, 1828-'35 (1836); and edited Starkie's Law of Slander (2 vols., Albany, 1843), and Blackstone's Commentaries (4 vols., New York city, 1847).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). "Wendell, John Lansing". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.