Deady, Matthew Paul

Born May 12, 1824, in Easton, MD
Died March 24, 1893, in Portland, OR

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
Nominated by James Buchanan on March 7, 1859, to a new seat authorized by 11 Stat. 437. Confirmed by the Senate on March 9, 1859, and received commission on March 9, 1859. Service terminated on March 24, 1893, due to death.

Other Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Oregon Territorial Courts, 1853-1859

Education:
Read law, 1847

Professional Career:

Private practice, St. Clairsville, Ohio, 1847-1849
Teacher, Lafayette, Oregon Territory, 1849-1850
Private practice, Lafayette, Oregon Territory, 1850-
Territorial representative, Oregon Territory, 1850
Territorial councilman, Oregon Territory, 1851-1853

Bibliography

Clark, Malcolm, Jr., ed. "My Dear Judge: Excerpts from the Letters of Justice Stephen J. Field to Matthew P. Deady." Western Legal History 1 (1988): 79-97.

Deady, Matthew P. Pharisee Among Philistines: The Diary of Judge Matthew P. Deady, 1871-1892. 2 Vols. Edited by Malcolm Clark, Jr. Portland, Ore.: Oregon Historical Society, 1975.

Mooney, Ralph James. "Formalism and Fairness: Matthew Deady and Federal Public Land Law in the Early West." Washington Law Review 63 (April 1988): 317-70.

Mooney, Ralph James. "Matthew Deady and the Federal Judicial Response to Racism in the Early West." Oregon Law Review 63 (1984): 561-637.

Niedermeyer, Deborah. "'The True Interests of a White Population': The Alaska Indian Country Decisions of Judge Matthew P. Deady." New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 21 (1988): 195-257.

Peters, Robert N. "The 'First' Oregon Code: Another Look at Deady's Role." Oregon Historical Quarterly 82 (1981): 383-403.

Manuscript Collections

University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, Cal.
Matthew Paul Deady letters and related biographical material, 1874-1889.
Letters (1874-1888), dictated statements, notes and revisions of Deady's biographical sketch, biographical information provided by C.E.S. Wood and Lorenzo Sawyer, and newspaper copies of Deady's speeches assembled by H. H. Bancroft for his Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth; also available on microfilm.

Oregon Historical Society
Portland, Or.
Deady family papers, ca. 1850-1893.
ca. 13 boxes and 1 microfilm reel; collection includes Matthew Deady's correspondence, journals, diaries, addresses, lectures, and memorabilia.

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