| 词条 | Walter H. Lowrie |
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Walter Hoge Lowrie (March 3, 1807 – November 14, 1876) was a Pennsylvania jurist. He was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, son of Matthew Lowrie, and nephew of Senator Walter Lowrie. After serving in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire until 1842,[https://archive.org/stream/ourfiremenhistor00daws/ourfiremenhistor00daws_djvu.txt] he became a lawyer, serving as a district judge in Pennsylvania from 1846 to 1851. An 1826 graduate of the Western University of Pennsylvania,[1] now known as the University of Pittsburgh, he was also served as the first professor of law at the university from 1843 to 1851.[2] He was elected justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, serving from 1851 to 1857, and promoted to chief justice of the court, serving from 1857 to 1863. His bid for reelection in 1863 was unsuccessful; he lost his seat to Daniel Agnew by over 12,000 votes.[3] He died in Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1876. Burial location unknown. References1. ^{{cite book | url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittmiscpubs;idno=00afj8718m;g=documentingpitt;didno=00afj8718m;rgn=full%20text;view=image;seq=122 | page=86 | first=Agnes Lynch | last=Starrett | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | location=Pittsburgh, PA | year=1937 | title=Through one hundred and fifty years: the University of Pittsburgh | accessdate=August 1, 2013}} {{s-start}}{{s-legal}}{{succession box2. ^Agnes Lynch Starrett, Through one hundred and fifty years: the University of Pittsburgh, 1937, University of Pittsburgh Press, pg. 336-37, accessdate=2009-04-05 3. ^The New York Times, March 10, 1902, pg. 9 - accessed December 27, 2014 |title=Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court |years=1857–1863 |before=Ellis Lewis |after=George W. Woodward }}{{s-end}}{{PAChiefJustices}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lowrie, Walter H.}} 7 : 1807 births|1876 deaths|Pennsylvania lawyers|Supreme Court of Pennsylvania justices|University of Pittsburgh faculty|University of Pittsburgh alumni|People from Armstrong County, Pennsylvania |
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