Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 13, 2005

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William Cranch

William Cranch (17691855) was an American judge and the second reporter of decisions of the United States Supreme Court.

Later in life, when a land speculation bankrupted him, his uncle John Adams rescued him by appointing him to be judge of the District of Columbia circuit court, where he served until his death.

Photo credit: Mathew Brady (1850)
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