Wyoming Supreme Court 1877 - 1882

William Ware Peck was born in 1819 in Burlington, Vermont. He was appointed associate justice for the Wyoming Supreme Court by President Hayes and served from December 14, 1877 to January 11, 1882. Afterwards, Peck practiced law first in Cheyenne and then in New York City, where he died on October 10, 1899.

Additional Resources

•     "Sidelights on Wyoming Judiciary," by Charles N. Potter, Read at Casper, May 7, 1920, Proceedings of the Wyoming State Bar, appendix p.61. (accessed September 2015 on Google Books)
•     "Judicial Removal in Western States and Territoris" by Andrew P. Morriss, Law in the Western United States, 2000. (accessed September 2015 on Google Books)