Robert Budd Gilchrist

Personal

Birthday: 
9/28/1796
Birthplace: 
Charleston, SC
Date of Death: 
5/1/1856
Place of Death: 
Charleston, SC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1818-1831
U.S. attorney for the District of South Carolina, 1831-1839

Education

Name of School: 

University of South Carolina School of Law

Founded in 1867, the mission of the School of Law is to teach law through in-depth study; to contribute through faculty and student research to the common good, to the fund of legal knowledge, and to legal development and reform; and to cooperate with state government, the community, and the organized Bar in developing and implementing appropriate programs in legal research, law reform, criminal justice reform, and continuing legal education.

Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1814
Name of School - Second: 

University of South Carolina School of Law

Founded in 1867, the mission of the School of Law is to teach law through in-depth study; to contribute through faculty and student research to the common good, to the fund of legal knowledge, and to legal development and reform; and to cooperate with state government, the community, and the organized Bar in developing and implementing appropriate programs in legal research, law reform, criminal justice reform, and continuing legal education.

Degree - Second: 
A.M.
Degree Year - Second: 
1817
Name of School - Third: 
Read law
Degree Year - Third: 
1818

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Court Name: 

South Carolina District Court

President Nominating: 
Martin Van Buren
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
02/17/1840
Termination Date: 
05/01/1856
Termination Reason: 
Death