William Frick (judge) explained

William Frick
Term Start1:1848
Term End1:1851
Successor1:Court reconfigured
Term Start2:1841
Term End2:1846
Birth Date:2 November 1790
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Death Place:Warm Springs, Virginia, U.S.
Children:8
Signature:Signature of Judge William Frick.png

William Frick (November 2, 1790 – July 29, 1855) was a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1848 to 1851.

Early life

William Frick was born on November 2, 1790, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Anna Barbara (née Breidenhart) and Peter Frick. Frick attended Moravian College in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.[1] [2] He served in the War of 1812 as a volunteer during the campaign in Maryland.[1] [2] Frick then read law in Baltimore in the law office of General William H. Winder, gaining admission to the bar in that city in 1813.[1] [2]

Career

Legal and political career

His legal work was mainly in admiralty, maritime and insurance law.[1] He was described as being "identified with almost every social and public enterprise of importance undertaken in the city".[1] He was a presidential elector for Andrew Jackson in 1833,[2] and in 1837, President Jackson appointed Frick collector of the Port of Baltimore.[1] [2] He was elected to the Maryland Senate, representing Baltimore City,[1] from 1841 to 1846.[2] [3]

Judicial service

In June, 1848, Governor Francis Thomas appointed Frick as a judge of the Baltimore county courts and associate judge of the court of appeals, which offices he held until his election in 1851 as the first judge of the superior court of Baltimore City, where he remained until his death.[1] [2] [4]

Personal life and death

On June 16, 1816, Frick married Mary Sloan,[1] with whom he had six sons and two daughters, William Frederick, Elizabeth A., Mary L., Charles, George P., Frank, James Sloan and William.[2] He lived at 182 North Charles Street in Baltimore.[5] He died on July 29, 1855, in Warm Springs, Virginia, after an illness of only a few days.[1] [2] [5] His widow survived him until 1865.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Baltimore: Its History and Its People, Volume II - Biography . Lewis Historical Publishing Company . 1912 . 111–113 . . 2022-12-12.
  2. Web site: William Frick (1790-1855). Archives of Maryland. November 10, 2021.
  3. Web site: Historical List, Senate, Baltimore City, 1838-1966 . Maryland Manual On-Line . . 2012-08-24 . 2022-12-12.
  4. Web site: Maryland Court of Appeals Judges, 1778– . Archives of Maryland. November 10, 2021.
  5. News: Died . 1855-07-31 . . 2 . . 2022-12-12.