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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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Crawford, Andrew Murray

  • Birth date: January 29, 1853
  • Birth place: New York, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Kaiser, William Marion

  • Birth date: February 10, 1853
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Ricketts, Matthew Oliver

  • Birth date: April 3, 1853
  • Birth place: Kentucky, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Raphael, Mother Superior (Sister M. Raphael, Mary of St. Raphael Moran, Mother Raphael, M. Raphael Moran)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1854
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, responding party, respondent

Miller, William E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1855
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Seeley, William G.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1856
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Coad, Edward F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1856
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Slabaugh, Willard. W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Carr, Samuel L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Ritchie, Albert S. (Richie)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Gilman, Luthene Claremont (L. C.)

  • Birth date: January 28, 1857
  • Birth place: United States, Maine
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Richardson, Samuel Thurston

  • Birth date: July 8, 1857
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Giltner, Roscoe Rush

  • Birth date: October 25, 1857
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Ross, Loretta (née Durbin)

  • Birth date: November 17, 1857
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Burleigh, Andrew Faulk

  • Birth date: January 7, 1858
  • Birth place: United States, Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Ballinger, Richard A.

  • Birth date: July 9, 1858
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Zehrung, Frank Connell

  • Birth date: October 7, 1858
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Slater, Woodson Taylor

  • Birth date: November 18, 1858
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Piles, Samuel Henry

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

Roberts, William A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1859
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

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

Lemke, William

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Guthmann, Anna

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Wisconsin, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent

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

Seeley, Della (Mrs. W. G. Seeley)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Morehead, John Henry

  • Birth date: December 3, 1861
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Neterer, Jeremiah

  • Birth date: January 24, 1862
  • Birth place: United States, Indiana
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, respondent attorney

Blevins, Thomas H. S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

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

Maloney, Stephen (Steve)

  • Birth date: May 3, 1865
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Cushman, Edward E.

  • Birth date: November 26, 1865
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, respondent attorney

Uber, George

  • Birth date: January 1, 1867
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

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

Button, William F.

  • Birth date: March 31, 1869
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge

Steiner, R. E. Lee

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party, authority ordering detention

Horton, Richard S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: United States, Unknown
  • 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

Van Winkle, Isaac Homer

  • Birth date: December 3, 1870
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Manion, John J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1871
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

de Graff, Lawrence

  • Birth date: June 24, 1871
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Cannon, Anderson M.

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

Olcott, Ben Wilson

  • Birth date: October 15, 1872
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, authority ordering detention

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

Robinson, Lafayette K.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Virginia, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party

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

Blair, Albert A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1876
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Worley, Katherine F.

  • Birth date: October 12, 1876
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party
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