Job H. Lippincott Explained

Job Hilliard Lippincott
Office:Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
Term Start:1893
Term End:1900
Predecessor:George Theodore Werts
Office1:U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
Term Start1:1886
Term End1:1887
Predecessor1:Anthony Quinton Keasbey
Successor1:Samuel Fowler Bigelow
Birth Date:12 November 1842
Birth Place:Vincentown, New Jersey
Other Names:Job H. Lippincott, Sr.

Job Hilliard Lippincott (November 12, 1842 – July 5, 1900) was a lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and was an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.[1]

Biography

He was born on November 12, 1842, near Mount Holly, New Jersey, to a Quaker farmer and raised on the family farm in Vincentown, New Jersey. He attended Mount Holly Seminary. He is an 1865 graduate, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, of the Dane Law School at Harvard University.

He was president of the board of education of Hudson City, New Jersey, from 1868 to 1871. He married Keziah Budd on August 19, 1878, and they had a son, Job Herbert Lippincott.

Judicial Service

Lippincott was United States Attorney for New Jersey from 1886 to 1887 and associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1893 to 1900, replacing George Theodore Werts.[2] [3]

Death

He died at his home, at 132 Sip Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey, on July 5, 1900.[4] He was interred in Mount Holly Cemetery.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Job H. Lippincott . 1900 . The New Jersey Law Journal .
  2. Web site: Office History - USAO-NJ - Department of Justice. 18 March 2015. 18 July 2016.
  3. Web site: The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Linna to Littinsky. Lawrence. Kestenbaum. 18 July 2016.
  4. News: Justice Lippincott Dead. Noted for Having Imprisoned a Gang of Jersey City Ballot-Box Stuffers . . July 6, 1900 .