Robert P. Dick

Robert P. Dick

Robert Paine Dick (born 1823 in Greensboro, NC - died 1898 in Greensboro) was an attorney, North Carolina Supreme Court justice (1868-1872), and United States District Court judge (1872-1898). Originally a Democrat, Dick served as United States attorney from 1853-1861. He was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention and was the only delegate from North Carolina who did not walk out after the nomination of Sen. Stephen A. Douglas. One of Dick's daughters later married Robert M. Douglas, son of the U.S. senator.

Dick became a Republican after the American Civil War. President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Dick to a new judgeship in 1872.

Dick and John H. Dillard (also a former state Supreme Court justice) founded Dick and Dillard Law School in Greensboro, which trained nearly 300 lawyers between 1878 and 1893.

References

* [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=613 Federal Judicial Center biography]
* [http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080114/NRSTAFF/600319700 "Greensboro's first law school? Elon? Nope" by Jim Schlosser]
* [http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/sherrills_inn/volume%201/volume1.htm UNC Asheville]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=pp9GAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA139&lpg=RA2-PA139&dq=robert+p+dick+nc+supreme+court&source=web&ots=5t2zcG6RJp&sig=DRACiGkjxJKFydQMTHYs16-JCos&hl=en Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States]


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