Moses Hallett
Moses Hallett was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.Education and career
Born in Galena, Illinois, Hallett attended the Rock River Seminary in Mount Morris, Illinois. Hallett read law to enter the bar in 1858. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1859 to 1860. He was a gold miner in what was then the western end of the Kansas Territory in 1860, returning to private practice in Denver, Kansas Territory from 1861 to 1865. He was a member of the Colorado Territorial Council from 1863 to 1866. He was in private practice in Denver, Colorado Territory in 1866. He was the Chief United States Territorial Judge for the District Court for the District of Colorado Territory from 1866 to 1877.Federal judicial service
Following the admission of the State of Colorado to the union on August 1, 1876, Hallett was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant on January 9, 1877, to the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, to a new seat authorized by 19 Stat. 61. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 12, 1877, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on April 7, 1906, due to his retirement.Later career and death
Concurrent with his federal judicial service, Hallett served as a Professor of Constitutional Law and Federal Jurisprudence at the University of Colorado at Boulder beginning in 1892, until his death. Following his retirement from the federal bench, he was a real estate speculator in Denver from 1906 to 1913. He was Dean at the University of Colorado School of Law from 1892 to 1902, and Dean emeritus in 1913. He died on April 25, 1913, in Denver and was buried in Denver's Fairmount Cemetery.
