David dudley field biography of williams college
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Field, David Dudley () and Stephen Johnson Field ()
David Dudley Field secured a place in the nineteenth century as a commanding legal reformer. The primary achievement of the New York lawyer was his codification of the common laws of the United States. In addition, Field was among the most successful commercial and constitutional lawyers in New York. The cases he took on often anticipated those of the modern, made-for-hire corporate lawyer. Field also made contributions to the national political scene. In different capacities, both before and after the Civil War, he managed to represent the constitutional interests of both the Democratic and Republican Parties. As a Northern opponent of slavery, still sympathetic to the rights of Southerners, he pursued a fight for justice for the common person on legal and moral grounds. At the same time, his somewhat radical belief in the need to streamline law incited considerable resistance. During and after his lifetime, lawyers and others r
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David Dudley Field I
American clergyman and historian (–)
David Dudley Field | |
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| Born | ()May 20, Madison, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | April 15, () (aged&#;85) Stockbridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Clergyman and historian |
| Spouse | Submit Dickinson Field &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Children | Eight sons, two daughters |
David Dudley Field I (May 20, &#; April 15, ) was an American Congregational clergyman and historical writer. He was born in East Guilford, now Madison, Connecticut on May 20, , the son of Timothy Field, an officer during the American Revolution. He graduated from Yale in , and received Doctorate in Divinity degree from Williams College. He held pastorates at Haddam, Connecticut, and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He wrote A History of the Town of Pittsfield, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts (), A Statistical konto of the County of Middlesex in Connecticut (), The Genealogy of the Brainerd Family,
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David Dudley Field was born in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, on February 13, He was educated by private tutors, and then attended Williams College, Massachusetts. Following his graduation in , Field began his legal studies in the law office of Harmanus Bleecker in Albany, New York. He was admitted to the bar in and set up a very successful practice in New York City. After the Civil War, he argued several constitutional law cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
In , David Dudley Field started a campaign to reform the New York judicial system, which culminated many years later at the Constitutional Convention of In , the Legislature appointed him to a three- person commission charged with drafting a code of practice and procedure for the new court system. He was widely acknowledged as the principle draftsman of the code which influenced civil procedure worldwide and became known as the Field Code. Field was also involved in drafting a code of criminal proced