Walbridge A. Field

Infobox Congressman
name =Walbridge Abner Field


state =Massachusetts
district =3rd
term_start =March 4, 1877
term_end =March 28, 1878
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
preceded =Henry L. Pierce (1877)
Benjamin Dean (1879)
succeeded =Benjamin Dean (1878)
Ambrose Ranney (1881)
office2 = Boston School Committee
term_start2 =1863
term_end2 = 1864
preceded2 =
succeeded2 =
office3 = Boston Common Council (wards 5 and 8)
term_start3 = 1865
term_end3 = 1867
preceded3 =
succeeded3 =
office3 = Boston Common Council
term_start3 = 1865
term_end3 = 1867
preceded3 =
succeeded3 =
office4 = Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
term_start4 = February 21, 1881
term_end4 = September 4, 1890
appointed4 =John Davis Long
preceded4 = Seth Ames
succeeded4 = James Madison Morton
office5 = 12th Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
term_start5 = September 4, 1890
term_end5 = July 15, 1899
nominator5 =
appointed5 = John Quincy Adams Brackett
preceded5 = Marcus Morton
succeeded5 = Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
birth_date =April 26, 1833
birth_place =Springfield, Vermont
death_date =July 15, 1899
death_place =Boston, Massachusetts
nationality =
party =Republican
spouse =October 4, 1869 Eliza E. McLoon (died March 1877), October 31, 1882 Frances Farwell
relations =
children =Eleanor Louise, Elizabeth Lenthal
residence =
alma_mater =Dartmouth College, Harvard Law School
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religion =Congregational


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Walbridge Abner Field was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and as the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He was born in North Springfield, Vermont on April 26, 1833. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1855, where he also served as a tutor. He studied law in Boston, Massachusetts and at the Harvard Law School. Field was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston. He served as a member of the City's school committee, and represented wards 5 and 8 on Boston's Common Council.

Field was appointed assistant United States Attorney in 1865, serving in this capacity until April 1869, when he was appointed Assistant Attorney General of the United States, holding this office until August 1870, when he resigned. He resumed the practice of law in Boston, and presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-fifth Congress where he served from March 4, 1877, to March 28, 1878, when he was succeeded by Benjamin Dean who contested his election. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881). He declined to be a candidate for renomination.

Field was appointed by Governor John Davis Long to the bench of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on February 21, 1881. He was promoted by Governor John Quincy Adams Brackett to the position of Chief Justice on September 4, 1890 and served until his death in Boston on July 15, 1899. His interment was in Forest Hills Cemetery in West Roxbury.

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