Josiah Sutherland (June 12, 1804 – May 25, 1887) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from New York. From 1851 to 1853, he served one term in the

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Life

He graduated from

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in 1824. Then he studied law in

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, and

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, and the

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1828, and commenced practice in

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. He was District Attorney of Columbia County from 1832 to 1843. In 1838, he moved to

, the county seat.

Congress

Sutherland was elected as a

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to the

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, and served from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in New York City.

Jurist

He was a justice of the

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(1st District) from 1858 to 1871, and was

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a judge of the

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in 1862 and 1870. He was a judge of the New York City Court of General Sessions from 1872 to 1878. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law.

Death and burial

He died on May 25, 1887 and was buried at the

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Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 350 and 372; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

Court of Appeals judges

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