Draft:Delana R. Eckels
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Delana R. Eckels (August 19, 1806 – October 29, 1888)[1] was chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory from 1857 to 1860.
Born in Fleming County, Kentucky,[1] he was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1836, and later served in the Mexican–American War. He was a judge of the 7th Indiana Circuit from 1851 to 1852.[1]
Eckels was appointed to the Utah Territorial Supreme Court by President James Buchanan, and came west accompanying an expeditionary force that precipitated the Utah War.[2]
(complete bio at [1])
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Delana R. Eckels". Maurer School of Law Digital Repository. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ Clifford L. Ashton, "Utah: The Territorial and District Courts", chapter 5 in James K. Logan, The Federal Courts of the Tenth Circuit: A History (1992), p. 136-42.
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