Richard Henry Alvey

Richard Henry Alvey

Richard Henry Alvey (March 6, 1826 - September 14, 1906) was an American jurist who served as chief judge of the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland, the Court of Appeals.

Alvey was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland to George and Harriet Wicklin Alvey. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1849.

From 1844 to 1850, Alvey served as a Deputy within the clerk's office of Charles County, Maryland. From 1850 to 1861, he practiced law in Hagerstown, Maryland, and again after 1862. He was a Presidential Elector from the state of Maryland during the election of 1852.

In 1861, At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he authored the Alvey Resolution, which took a strong position in favor of states' rights. As a southern sympathizer, Alvey was arrested by Union soldiers and detained.

After the Civil War, Alvey served as a delegate to the Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1867, where he was chairman of the Committee on Representation.

In 1867, Alvey was appointed to the Maryland Court of Appeals as an associate judge, and also as chief judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties. He served in that position until 1883, when he was appointed Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.

In 1893, President Grover Cleveland appointed Alvey Chief Justice of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, where he served until 1904. In 1896, as Chief Justice, Alvey served as a member of an American commission tasked with resolving a boundary dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana. He also served as chancellor of National University in Washington, D.C. from 1897-1904.

Alvey married Mary Wharton in 1856, with whom he had one child. After her death in 1860, Alvey remarried to Julia Jones Hays in 1862, with whom he had nine children. Richard Henry Alvey died in 1906 in Hagerstown.

References

* [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001600/001626/html/msa01626.html Biography] from the Maryland Archives


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