{{Short description|American judge}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James Loren Martin | image = James Loren Martin.jpg | alt = | caption = From Volume 2 (1922) of ''Annals of Brattleboro, 1681-1895'' | office = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont | term_start = October 20, 1906 | term_end = January 14, 1915 | appointer = Theodore Roosevelt | predecessor = Hoyt Henry Wheeler | successor = Harland Bradley Howe | office1 = United States Attorney for the District of Vermont | term_start1 = 1898 | term_end1 = 1906 | appointer1 = William McKinley | predecessor1 = John H. Senter | successor1 = Alexander Dunnett | office2 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Brattleboro | term_start2 = 1892 | term_end2 = 1893 | predecessor2 = Oscar A. Marshall | successor2 = George A. Hines | office3 = Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives | term_start3 = 1878 | term_end3 = 1882 | predecessor3 = John Wolcott Stewart | successor3 = James K. Batchelder | office4 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Londonderry | term_start4 = 1874 | term_end4 = 1882 | predecessor4 = Emery L. Harrington | successor4 = Addison E. Cudworth | office5 = State's Attorney of Windham County, Vermont | term_start5 = 1876 | term_end5 = 1877 | predecessor5 = Oscar E. Butterfield | successor5 = Edgar W. Stoddard | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1846|09|13}} | birth_place = Landgrove, Vermont | death_date = {{Death date and age|1915|01|14|1846|09|13}} | death_place = Montpelier, Vermont | resting_place = Morningside Cemetery<br/>Brattleboro, Vermont | party = Republican | spouse = Delia E. Howard (m. 1869-1881, her death)<br/>Jessie Lillie Dewey (m. 1884-1915, his death) | children = 6 | education = Albany Law School (LL.B.) | profession = Attorney }}
'''James Loren Martin''' (September 13, 1846 – January 14, 1915) was an American lawyer, politician, and United States federal judge. The notable positions in which he served during his career included State's Attorney of Windham County, Vermont, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, and United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
==Early life== Martin was born in Landgrove, Vermont.{{sfn|''Vermont Legislative Directory''|page=410}} The son of James and Lucy (Gray) Martin,{{sfn|"Death Notice, James L. Martin"|page=163}} he began paying for his own tuition at age 14 by working in a chair factory, producing maple sugar, and clearing land.{{sfn|''Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography''|pages=259-260}} His education included the schools of Landgrove and the academies of Londonderry, Vermont and Marlow, New Hampshire. He taught school in Londonderry and Winhall, Vermont, and studied law with Hoyt Henry Wheeler before attending Albany Law School, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1869.{{sfn|''Vermont Legislative Directory''|page=410}} He practiced law, first in Londonderry, and later in Brattleboro, Vermont, where he purchased the practice of Charles N. Davenport.{{sfn|''Vermont Legislative Directory''|page=410}}
==Career== A Republican, he was State's Attorney for Windham County, Vermont from 1876 to 1877.{{sfn|''Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography''|pages=259-260}} He served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1874 to 1882 (from Londonderry) and 1892 (from Brattleboro).{{sfn|''Vermont Legislative Directory''|page=410}} From 1878 to 1882, he was Speaker of the House.{{sfn|''Vermont Legislative Directory''|page=410}}
Martin was state tax commissioner in 1888, 1890 to 1892, and 1894. He served as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont beginning in 1898, succeeding John H. Senter.{{sfn|"John H. Senter Dropped Dead"|page=1}} He served until 1906, and was succeeded by Alexander Dunnett.{{sfn|"Demise of Alexander Dunnett"|page=4}}
Martin was a longtime member of Brattleboro's school board, and served on the board of directors of several corporations, including Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance, American Fidelity Company, National Life Insurance Company, and the Holden & Martin lumber company.{{sfn|''Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography''|pages=259-260}}
==Federal judicial service== On October 20, 1906, Martin received a recess appointment to the United States District Court for the District of Vermont from President Theodore Roosevelt, filling the position vacated by Judge Hoyt Henry Wheeler.{{sfn|"Judge J. L. Martin: Commission Signed by President Roosevelt Received Monday"|page=2}} Formally nominated to the same position by President Roosevelt on December 3, 1906, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1906, and received his commission the same day.{{sfn|''Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography''|pages=259-260}}
==Death and burial== Martin remained on the court until his death.{{sfn|"Death Notice, James L. Martin"|page=163}} He died at the train station in Montpelier, Vermont after suffering a heart attack on January 14, 1915, aged 68.{{sfn|"Death Notice, James L. Martin"|page=163}} He was buried at Morningside Cemetery in Brattleboro.{{sfn|"Funeral of Judge Martin"|page=3}}
==Honors== Martin received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1882.{{sfn|"Death Notice, James L. Martin"|page=163}} In 1914, he received an honorary LL.D. from Middlebury College.{{sfn|"Death Notice, James L. Martin"|page=163}}
==Family== In 1869, Martin married Delia E. Howard, who died in 1881.{{sfn|''Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography''|pages=259-260}} They were the parents of three children—Jimmie (1873-1880), an unnamed son who was born and died in 1877, and Delia (1881-1882).{{sfn|''Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography''|pages=259-260}} In 1884, he married Jessie Lillie Dewey.{{sfn|''Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography''|pages=259-260}} They were the parents of three daughters—Margaret, Helen, and Katharine.{{sfn|''Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography''|pages=259-260}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== ===Books=== *{{cite book |last=Dodge |first=Prentiss Cutler |date=1912 |title=Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography |url=https://archive.org/stream/encyclopediaverm00dodg#page/n337 |location=Burlington, VT |publisher=Ullery Publishing Company |ref={{sfnRef|''Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography''}}}} *{{cite book |last=Fleetwood |first=Frederick G., Secretary of State |date=1902 |title=Vermont Legislative Directory |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433015379005;view=2up;seq=416 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Vermont Watchman Co. |ref={{sfnRef|''Vermont Legislative Directory''}}}}
===Newspapers=== *{{cite news |date=October 26, 1906 |title=Judge J. L. Martin: Commission Signed by President Roosevelt Received Monday |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98060050/1906-10-26/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1906&index=14&rows=20&words=James+L+Martin&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=Vermont&date2=1906&proxtext=%22james+l.+martin%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |work=Vermont Phoenix |location=Brattleboro, VT |publisher=Library of Congress |via=Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers |ref={{sfnRef|"Judge J. L. Martin: Commission Signed by President Roosevelt Received Monday"}}}} *{{cite news |date=January 21, 1916 |title=John H. Senter Dropped Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/364039014/ |work=Barre Daily Times |location=Barre, VT |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"John H. Senter Dropped Dead"}}}} *{{cite news |date=January 18, 1915 |title=Funeral of Judge Martin |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91066782/1915-01-18/ed-1/seq-3/ |work=The Barre Daily Times |location=Barre, VT |publisher=Library of Congress |via=Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers |ref={{sfnRef|"Funeral of Judge Martin"}}}} *{{cite news |date=September 15, 1920 |title=Demise of Alexander Dunnett |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/404073867/ |work=The Evening Argus |location=Montpelier, VT |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Demise of Alexander Dunnett"}}}}
===Magazines=== *{{cite magazine |date=1915 |title=Death Notice, James L. Martin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cZNIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22james+loren+martin%22 |magazine=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine |volume=7 |location=Hanover, NH |publisher=Dartmouth College |ref={{sfnRef|"Death Notice, James L. Martin"}}}}
==External sources== * {{FJC Bio|1493|nid=1384386|name=James Loren Martin<!--(1846–1915)-->}} * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=TapBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA503 Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College]'', 1917 * ''[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sKM4AAAAYAAJ/page/n442 General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1900]'', 1900
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