David Dudley Field II
David Dudley Field II (February 13, 1805 – April 13, 1894) was an American lawyer and law reformer who made major contributions to the development of American civil procedure. His greatest accomplishment was engineering the move away from common law pleading towards code pleading, which culminated in the enactment of the Field Code in 1850 by the state of New York.
David Dudley Field II | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th district | |
| In office January 11, 1877 – March 3, 1877 | |
| Preceded by | Smith Ely, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Gerhard Anton (Anthony) Eickhoff |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 13, 1805 Haddam, Connecticut |
| Died | April 13, 1894 (aged 89) New York City, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | Jane Lucinda Hopkins
(m. 1829; died 1836)Harriet Davidson (until 1864)Mary E. Carr (until 1874) |
| Education | Williams College (AB) |
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