Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh

Nicholas Fitzhugh
Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
In office November 25, 1803 – December 31, 1814
Appointed by	Thomas Jefferson
Preceded by	James Marshall
Succeeded by	James Morsell
Personal details
Born	May 10, 1764 King George County, Virginia, British America
Died	December 31, 1814 (aged 50) Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh (May 10, 1764 – December 31, 1814) was a United States federal judge.

Born in King George County, Virginia, Fitzhugh was in private practice in Fairfax County, Virginia, with some brief interruptions, from 1790 to 1803. He served as a Delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1790–1791, and in 1802.

On November 21, 1803, Fitzhugh was nominated by President Thomas Jefferson to a seat on the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia vacated by James Markham Marshall. Fitzhugh was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 25, 1803, and received his commission the same day, serving thereafter until his death, in 1814, in Fairfax, Virginia.

Sources

• Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.