The Honourable Fletcher Ladd | |
|---|---|
| 7th Associate Justice of the Philippines | |
| In office June 17, 1901 – July 13, 1903 | |
| Appointed by | William Mckinley |
| Preceded by | Charles A. Willard |
| Succeeded by | Elias Finley Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fletcher Ladd 21 December 1862 Lancaster, New Hampshire |
| Died | 12 December 1903 (aged 40) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Summer Street Cemetery |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | William S. Ladd, Almira Barnes |
| Education | Phillis Andover Academy,A.B.,Dartmouth College, Harvard Law School(Bachelor of Laws),Heidelburg University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Fletcher Ladd (21 December 1862 – 12 December 1903) was an American lawyer who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from June 17, 1901, until his resignation on July 13, 1903.[1]
Biography
Fletcher Ladd was born in Lancaster, New Hampshire on December 21, 1862, to a lawyer and Judge William Spencer Ladd, judge of the Supreme Court of New Hamphire,[2][3][4][5] and Almira Barnes;[6][7] His family are also known for judisprudence business known as "Ladd and Fletcher" that founded by his uncle, Everett Fletcher;[8] their family however is made up of mostly lawyers, even their descendants and relatives. Her mother Almira is said to be "one of the intellectual Fletcher family".[9] His friends, teachers and people who know him described him as a "sound lawyer"[10] and a "brillant man".[9] Ladd graduated A.B. Dartmouth College he's also graduated in Philis Andover Academy in 1884. Ladd was also had an interest in law and literature,[11] Ladd got his LL.B degree in Harvard law school, Ladd also studied at Heidelburg University in Germany for two years. Ladd was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society.[12]
Career
Ladd was admitted at the bar in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in 1889 and at Supreme Court of the United States in 1892. Ladd practice law in Boston from 1889 to 1892, he went back in New Hampshire to be became a member of the firm Ladd & Fletcher.[13] When his father died, he has been associated in practice of law with his uncle, Everett Fletcher.[14]
As an Associate Justice
In 1900, President William Mckinley appointed Ladd as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1901 to 1903.[15][16]
Health and death
Due to his illness, Ladd was forced to resign in August 1903 and return home, Ladd died four months later on December 12, 1903, in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 40.[17][13]
References
- ↑ https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/supremecourtjustices/associatejustice/26
- ↑ Granite State Monthly. 1904.
- ↑ Association, American Bar (1891). Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting. Headquarters Office.
- ↑ Grafton and Coös Bar Association, 1898,pp.599
- ↑ The Dartmouth, Volume 22, page 362
- ↑ Association, Grafton and Coös Bar (1898). Proceedings of the Grafton and Coös Counties Bar Association. The Association.
- ↑ Davis, 1895
- ↑ Moses, George Higgins (1893). New Hampshire Men. New Hampshire, United States: New Hampshire Publishing Company. p. 176.
- 1 2 Hampshire, Bar Association of the State of New (1908). Proceedings - Bar Association of the State of New Hampshire.
- ↑ Society, New Hampshire Historical (1906). Proceedings.
- ↑ Somers, Amos Newton (1899). History of Lancaster, New Hampshire. Rumford Press.
- ↑ of 1884, Dartmouth College Class (1909). Dartmouth 1884: A History.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - 1 2 New Hampshire Historical Society(1906), Proceedings, Vol.4, p.421
- ↑ The Darthmouth, 1900, vol.22, p.362
- ↑ Department, United States War (1901). Annual Reports of the War Department. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ↑ Hawaii Legislature House,1901, page 295
- ↑ "JUDGE FLETCHER LADD DEAD.; Was fop Three Years on the Philippines Supreme Bench". The New York Times. 1903-12-14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-22.