Artemas Libbey

Artemas Libbey (Libby in some sources; January 8, 1823 – March 15, 1894),[1] of Augusta, Maine, was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from April 24, 1875, to April 24, 1882, and again from January 11, 1883, to March 15, 1894.[2]

Born in Freedom, Maine, Libbey's family moved to Albion, Maine in 1825, where he attended the local schools.[3][4] He read law, first with Samuel S. Warren and then in the office of Z. Washburne of China, Maine,[3] to be admitted to the bar in 1844.[4] In 1852, he represented Augusta, Maine in the Maine House of Representatives.[3]

He was a member of the Executive Council of Governor Samuel Wells, in 1856,[3][4] and of the Constitutional Commission in 1875,[4] to which he was appointed by Governor Nelson Dingley Jr.[3] Although Libbey was a Democrat, he was appointed by Governor Dingley, a Republican, as an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on April 24, 1875.[1] Libbey served until April 24, 1882, and was then reappointed on January 11, 1883, by Governor Frederick Robie, thereafter serving until his death, in Augusta, Maine.[3][4]

Libbey had a wife and son.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-death-at-augusta-of-jud/197875412/
  2. ↑ "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices". Maine State Legislature. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Maine Genealogy Archives, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justices, 1820-1920.
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