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Meet the many people who argued for and against carceral, institutional, and interpersonal confinement in the petitions filed in County and District Courts throughout the American West over the long nineteenth century. Browse or search people by name, demographic characteristics, case role, and/or relationships described in each petition. Our encoding practice for people features data pulled from the available case files and in some instances additional data from supplemental sources is also included. Only people with case roles are indexed here, while all persons named in a case are listed on the case page. The Glossary defines the attributes used to structure data from the habeas petitions. The Code Book explains the relational structure of the data and functionality of the database website.

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Piles, Samuel Henry

  • Birth date: December 28, 1858
  • Birth place: California, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Crowder, Enoch Herbert

  • Birth date: April 11, 1859
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Graves, Frank H.

  • Birth date: June 15, 1859
  • Birth place: United States, Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Day, George A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge

Bishop, John S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: New York, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention, petitioner attorney

Burtenshaw, Luther L.

  • Birth date: November 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Goss, Charles A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney, judge

Morning, William McClellen

  • Birth date: June 23, 1863
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge, petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Greene, Robert J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1864
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Wiestling, Frank Beecher

  • Birth date: April 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Sutton, Abraham L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1866
  • Birth place: Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge

McNary, John Hugh

  • Birth date: January 31, 1867
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Revelle, Thomas P.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: United States, Maryland
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Snook, Herbert E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Battin, John W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Horton, Richard S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: United States, Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Martin, Carey F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: Unknown, Oregon
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Sewall, Russell Elgin

  • Birth date: September 26, 1870
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Cannon, Anderson M.

  • Birth date: November 22, 1871
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Fleharty, Harry B.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1873
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Woodrough, Joseph William

  • Birth date: August 29, 1873
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge

McNary, Charles Linza

  • Birth date: June 12, 1874
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Vanderveer, George F. (George T. Vanderveer)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1875
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Murray, Thomas B.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1875
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney, responding party

Adams, John

  • Birth date: February 2, 1876
  • Birth place: Georgia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Murphy, John Francis

  • Birth date: October 10, 1876
  • Birth place: Maine
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Horrigan, Daniel H. (Daniel H. Harrigan)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Powers, Joseph F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

McDevitt, Jr., Thomas B.

  • Birth date: March 23, 1878
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Emery, Charles D.

  • Birth date: May 16, 1878
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention

Richardson, William Ellis

  • Birth date: June 11, 1881
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge

Dore, John Francis

  • Birth date: December 11, 1881
  • Birth place: United States, Massachusetts
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Shotwell, Abel V.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney, responding party

Mossman, Harland L. (Harlan L. Mossman)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

O’Sullivan, Eugene D. (E. D.)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Kansas
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Berger, John M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Denmark
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, petitioner, respondent attorney

Lovely, William E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Rosewater, Stanley M.

  • Birth date: June 24, 1885
  • Birth place: Omaha, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Jamieson, William Nicholas (Jameson)

  • Birth date: November 12, 1885
  • Birth place: Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Gates, Cassius E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Minnesota, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Beal, Henry J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention

Baldwin, John N. (John W.)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Hascall, Vincent C.

  • Birth date: January 19, 1888
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Justice of the peace, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention, respondent attorney

Day, L. B.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1889
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge, authority ordering detention

Coffey, Raymond T. (R. T. Coffey)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1889
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Fee, James (Jr.)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: Oregon
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Lee, George A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1891
  • Birth place: South Dakota
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Morearty, Edward F. (Ed. F.)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1893
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Burger, Joseph O.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1894
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, petitioner

MacVeigh, J. Gerald

  • Birth date: January 1, 1895
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, petitioner
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