The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . e next four years of his life tolaw and legislation. In 1820 he was appointed judgeof the superior court, and filled the judicial benchwith marked ability until 1825, when he resig
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . e next four years of his life tolaw and legislation. In 1820 he was appointed judgeof the superior court, and filled the judicial benchwith marked ability until 1825, when he resignedand removed to Raleigh, where he continued to re-side until the end of his life. In 1840 he took anactive part in the Harrison presidential campaign,and soon after Mr. Harrisons inauguration was ap-pointed secretary of the navy. After the death ofPresident Hairison, and the separation of Mr. Tylerfrom the whig party, Mr. Badger resigned, givingas a reason his non-agreement with the policy of In 1846 he was elected to the U. S. senateto fill an unexpired term of two years, and in 1848re-elected for a full term. In 1853 President Fill-more nominated him as a judge of the IT. S. supremecourt, but the nomination was not confirmed by thesenate. At the expiration of his senatorial terjn heretired to his home and entered again on the practiceof his profession. When the mutterings of civil warIII.— gree of were heard, and a convention was called for the pur-pose of seceding from the Union, Mr. Badger con-sented to serve as a representative from his spoke ably in defence of the Union, and afterthe ordinance of secession was passed was known asa member of the conservative party. He was a vig-orous speaker, but rarely wrote anything. He ex-celled in debate, and in tide subjects he studied madeprofound research. Mr. Badger married three times,in each case forming an alliance with a distinguishedfamily. He was prostrated by a stroke of paralysisJan. 5,186
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