Fletcher Ladd

The Honourable
Fletcher Ladd
Fletcher Ladd, c. 1893
7th Associate Justice of the Philippines
In office
June 17, 1901 – July 13, 1903
Appointed byWilliam Mckinley
Preceded byCharles A. Willard
Succeeded byElias Finley Johnson
Personal details
Born
Fletcher Ladd

21 December 1862
Lancaster, New Hampshire
Died12 December 1903(1903-12-12) (aged 40)
Boston, Massachusetts
Resting placeSummer Street Cemetery
Children2
Parent(s)William S. Ladd, Almira Barnes
EducationPhillis Andover Academy, A.B., Dartmouth College, Harvard Law School(Bachelor of Laws),Heidelberg University
ProfessionLawyer

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 William Spencer Ladd, judge of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire,[2][3][4][5] and Almira Barnes;[6][7] A family business, "Ladd and Fletcher" was founded by his uncle, Everett Fletcher.[8] His mother, Almira, was said to be "one of the intellectual Fletcher family".[9] He was described by those who knew him as a "sound lawyer"[10] and a "brillant man".[9] Ladd graduated A.B. Dartmouth College He graduated from Philis Andover Academy in 1884. Ladd had interests in law and literature,[11] and received his LL.B degree from Harvard law school. He also studied at Heidelberg University in Germany for two years. Ladd was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society.[12]

Career

Ladd was admitted to the bar in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in 1889 and to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1892. Ladd practiced law in Boston from 1889 to 1892, then returned to New Hampshire to become a member of the firm Ladd & Fletcher.[13] When his father died, he joined practice of 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, where he served from 1901 to 1903.[15][16]

Health and death

Due to illness, Ladd was forced to resign in August 1903 and return home. He died four months later on December 12, 1903, in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 40.[17][13]

References

  1. ^ "Associate Justice - Supreme Court E-Library".
  2. ^ Granite State Monthly. 1904.
  3. ^ Association, American Bar (1891). Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting. Headquarters Office.
  4. ^ Grafton and Coös Bar Association, 1898, pp.599
  5. ^ The Dartmouth, Volume 22, page 362
  6. ^ Association, Grafton and Coös Bar (1898). Proceedings of the Grafton and Coös Counties Bar Association. The Association.
  7. ^ Davis, 1895
  8. ^ Moses, George Higgins (1893). New Hampshire Men. New Hampshire, United States: New Hampshire Publishing Company. p. 176.
  9. ^ a b Hampshire, Bar Association of the State of New (1908). Proceedings - Bar Association of the State of New Hampshire.
  10. ^ Society, New Hampshire Historical (1906). Proceedings.
  11. ^ Somers, Amos Newton (1899). History of Lancaster, New Hampshire. Rumford Press.
  12. ^ of 1884, Dartmouth College Class (1909). Dartmouth 1884: A History.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ a b New Hampshire Historical Society(1906), Proceedings, Vol.4, p.421
  14. ^ The Dartmouth, 1900, vol.22, p.362
  15. ^ Department, United States War (1901). Annual Reports of the War Department. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  16. ^ Hawaii Legislature House,1901, page 295
  17. ^ "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.