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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkFIELD, David Dudley
(1805—1894)
FIELD, David Dudley, a Representative from New York; born in Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., February 13, 1805; educated by private tutors; was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1825; studied law in Albany, N.Y., and New York City; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in New York City; author of many works on political, civil, and criminal procedure; unsuccessful candidate for election to the State assembly in 1841; member of the commission on legal practice and procedure 1847-1850; member of a State commission to prepare a political, penal, and civil code 1857-1865; member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Smith Ely, Jr., and served from January 11 to March 3, 1877; resumed the practice of law; died in New York City April 13, 1894; interment in Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
Bibliography
Field, Henry M. The Life of David Dudley Field
. New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1898. Reprint, Littleton, Colo.: F.B. Rothman, 1995.
Field, David Dudley. Address of David Dudley Field
. Philadelphia: Dando Printing and Publishing Company, 1889.
———. Amelioration of the Laws of War Required by Modern Civilization. Shanklin: Printed at the “Isle of Wight Guardian” Office, [1887?]
———. Applicability of International Law to Oriental Nations
. New York: J. Polhemus, printer [1875].
———. Argument of David Dudley Field, Esq., before the Supreme Court of the United States, March 12th and 13th, 1866
. [Washington?: N.p., 1866?]
———. The Army Bill
. [New York?: N.p., 1877?]
———. The Civil Code
. [New York: N.p., 1884].
———. The Code of Evidence of New York. Reported completed by the Commissioners Feb. 1889, [also] Notes of the Commissioners to the Code of Evidence
. [New York: N.p., 1889].
———. Codification
. Philadelphia: Printed for the Law Academy, 1886.
———. The Danger of Throwing the Election of President into Congress
. [Washington: N.p., 1860].
———. Draft Outlines of an International Code
. New York: Diossy, 1872.
———. The Duties of the State
. London: Liberty & Property Defense League, [1890?]
———. The electoral votes of 1876: Who should count them, what should be counted, and the remedy for a wrong count
. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1877.
———. Emotional Insanity
. New York: Russell Brothers, printers, 1873.
———. In the matter of William A. Bowles, petitioner: Argument of Mr. David Dudley Field, for the petitioner
. New York: Printed by William J. Read, 1866.
———. An international code: Address on this subject, before the Social Science Association, at Manchester, October 5, 1866
. New York: W.J. Read, 1867.
———. The latest edition of the New York Code of Civil Procedure. Correspondence between Cephas Brainerd and others and David Dudley Field
. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1878.
———. The Lawyer and his clients. The rights and duties of lawyers; the rights and duties of the press; the opinions of the public. Correspondence of Messrs. David Dudley and Dudley Field, of the New York Bar, with Mr. Samuel Bowles, of the
”Springfield Republican”. [Springfield, Mass.: Republican
Office, 1871].
———. Legal reform. An address to the graduating class of the Law School of the University of Albany, delivered March 23, 1855
. Published by the class. Albany: W. C. Little & Co., 1855.
———. Outlines of an International Code
. 2nd ed. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1876. Reprint, Buffalo, N.Y.: W.S. Hein, 2001.
———. The President’s Relations to the Army
. [New York?: N.p., 1877?]
———. A short response to a long discourse
. [New York: N.p., 1884].
———. Some Reprehensible Practices of American Government: Address before the Reform Club of New York, January 10, 1890
. New York: Reform Club, 1890.
———. Speech of David Dudley Field, delivered at Troy: Reasons why naturalized citizens should vote for Fremont
. [Troy, N.Y.?: N.p., 1856?]
———. Speeches, arguments and miscellaneous papers of David Dudley Field
. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884-90.
———. The Vote that Made the President
. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1877.
Field, Henry M. The Life of David Dudley Field.
New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1898. Reprint, Littleton, Colo.: F.B. Rothman, 1995.
Reppy, Alison, ed. David Dudley Field: Centenary essays: Celebrating one hundred years of legal reform
. New York: New York University School of Law, 1949. Reprint, with an introduction by Russell D. Niles. Buffalo, N.Y.: W.S. Hein & Co., 2000.
[Strong, John Ruggles]. An analysis of the reply of Mr. David Dudley Field, to the Bar Association of the City of New-York
. New-York: H. Bessey, printer, 1881.
Van Ee, Daun. David Dudley Field and the Reconstruction of the Law
. New York: Garland, 1986.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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