Alexander Burton Hagner


Alexander Burton Hagner was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Education and career

Born in Washington, D.C., Hagner attended St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland and received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Princeton University in 1845 before reading law to enter the bar in 1848. He was in private practice in Annapolis from 1848 to 1879. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1854 to 1855, also serving as a Special Judge of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Maryland.

Federal judicial service

Hagner was nominated by President Rutherford B. Hayes on January 17, 1879, to an Associate Justice seat on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia vacated by Associate Justice Abram B. Olin. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 21, 1879, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on June 1, 1903, due to his retirement.

Death

Hagner died on June 30, 1915, in Washington, D.C.