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Wetmore">George P. Wetmore</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_H._Metcalf" title="Jesse H. Metcalf">Jesse H. Metcalf</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_First_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 16, 1891 – February 7, 1913</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Operation_of_law" title="Operation of law">operation of law</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Seat established by 26 Stat. 826</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Hutchins_Bingham" title="George Hutchins Bingham">George Hutchins Bingham</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_circuit_court" title="United States circuit court">United States Circuit Courts for the First Circuit</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 5, 1884 – December 31, 1911</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Chester_A._Arthur" title="List of federal judges appointed by Chester A. Arthur">Chester A. Arthur</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Lowell_(judge,_1865%E2%80%931884)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Lowell (judge, 1865–1884)">John Lowell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Seat abolished</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Rhode_Island" title="United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island">United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 21, 1881 – July 23, 1884</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_James_A._Garfield" title="List of federal judges appointed by James A. Garfield">James A. Garfield</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Power_Knowles" title="John Power Knowles">John Power Knowles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Moulton_Carpenter_Jr." title="George Moulton Carpenter Jr.">George Moulton Carpenter Jr.</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_House_of_Representatives" title="Rhode Island House of Representatives">Rhode Island House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1879-1881</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">LeBaron Bradford Colt</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1846-06-25</span>)</span>June 25, 1846<br /><a href="/wiki/Dedham,_Massachusetts" title="Dedham, Massachusetts">Dedham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 18, 1924<span style="display:none">(1924-08-18)</span> (aged 78)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Rhode_Island" title="Bristol, Rhode Island">Bristol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Juniper_Hill_Cemetery" title="Juniper Hill Cemetery">Juniper Hill Cemetery</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Rhode_Island" title="Bristol, Rhode Island">Bristol, Rhode Island</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Colt" title="Samuel Colt">Samuel Colt</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_P._Colt" title="Samuel P. Colt">Samuel P. Colt</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">AB</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Law_School" title="Columbia Law School">Columbia Law School</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LLB</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>LeBaron Bradford Colt</b> (June 25, 1846 – August 18, 1924) was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States senator">United States senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> and a <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_judge" title="United States federal judge">United States circuit judge</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_First_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit</a> and of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_circuit_court" title="United States circuit court">United States Circuit Courts for the First Circuit</a> and previously was a United States District Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Rhode_Island" title="United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island">United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_career">Education and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeBaron_B._Colt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born on June 25, 1846, in <a href="/wiki/Dedham,_Massachusetts" title="Dedham, Massachusetts">Dedham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colt attended the public schools and Williston Seminary.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received an <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Artium Baccalaureus</a> degree in 1868 from <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">Bachelor of Laws</a> in 1870 from <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Law_School" title="Columbia Law School">Columbia Law School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Yale, Colt was a member of <a href="/wiki/Skull_and_Bones" title="Skull and Bones">Skull and Bones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following graduation, he devoted a year to European travel.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He entered private practice in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> from 1871 to 1875.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued private practice in <a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Rhode_Island" title="Bristol, Rhode Island">Bristol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> from 1875 to 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_House_of_Representatives" title="Rhode Island House of Representatives">Rhode Island House of Representatives</a> from 1879 to 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_judicial_service">Federal judicial service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeBaron_B._Colt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Federal judicial service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colt was nominated by President <a href="/wiki/James_A._Garfield" title="James A. Garfield">James A. Garfield</a> on March 9, 1881, to a seat on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Rhode_Island" title="United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island">United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island</a> vacated by Judge <a href="/wiki/John_Power_Knowles" title="John Power Knowles">John Power Knowles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on March 21, 1881, and received his commission the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His service terminated on July 23, 1884, due to his elevation to the First Circuit.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Colt was nominated by President <a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur" title="Chester A. Arthur">Chester A. Arthur</a> on July 2, 1884, to a seat on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_circuit_court" title="United States circuit court">United States Circuit Courts for the First Circuit</a> vacated by Judge <a href="/wiki/John_Lowell_(judge,_1865%E2%80%931884)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Lowell (judge, 1865–1884)">John Lowell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was confirmed by the Senate on July 5, 1884, and received his commission the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colt was assigned by <a href="/wiki/Operation_of_law" title="Operation of law">operation of law</a> to additional and concurrent service on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_First_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit</a> on June 16, 1891, to a new seat authorized by 26 Stat. 826 (<a href="/wiki/Evarts_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Evarts Act">Evarts Act</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 31, 1911, the Circuit Courts were abolished and he thereafter served only on the Court of Appeals.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His service terminated on February 7, 1913, due to his resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Congressional_service">Congressional service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeBaron_B._Colt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Congressional service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colt was elected in 1913 as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was reelected in 1919 and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Bristol on August 18, 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was Chairman of the Committee on Conservation of Natural Resources for the <a href="/wiki/65th_United_States_Congress" title="65th United States Congress">65th United States Congress</a> and Chairman of the Committee on Immigration for the <a href="/wiki/66th_United_States_Congress" title="66th United States Congress">66th</a> through <a href="/wiki/68th_United_States_Congress" title="68th United States Congress">68th United States Congresses</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He voted against the <a href="/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924" title="Immigration Act of 1924">Immigration Act of 1924</a> and supported women's suffrage. </p><p>He was interred in <a href="/wiki/Juniper_Hill_Cemetery" title="Juniper Hill Cemetery">Juniper Hill Cemetery</a> in Bristol.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeBaron_B._Colt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colt was the son of Christopher Colt (the brother of arms maker <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Colt" title="Samuel Colt">Samuel Colt</a>) and Theodora Goujand DeWolf Colt; his younger brother, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_P._Colt" title="Samuel P. Colt">Samuel P. Colt</a>, was a prominent <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island businessman and politician</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeBaron_B._Colt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congress_members_who_died_in_office_(1900%E2%80%9349)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)">List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeBaron_B._Colt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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