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James H. Peck: Information from Answers.com (388 words) |
 | James Hawkins Peck (12 January 1790 - 29 April 1836) was a judge of the United States District Court for the district of Missouri. |
| Peck was appointed by President James Monroe to the federal courts in 1822. |
| Peck was involved in several land claim cases arising out of the Louisiana territory purchase; In one such case in 1825 he ruled against the client of the lawyer Luke Lawless and published his opinion in a St. |
| James Peck (2183 words) |
| James Peck, a pacifist and radical journalist, was a member of the the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE). |
| Peck and James Farmer, national director of CORE and twelve other volunteers left Washington on 4th May, 1961, for Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. |
| Peck, who was seated in about the middle of the bus, got up after the arrest, saying to the police, "If you arrest them, you'll have to arrest me, too, for I'm going to sit in the rear." The three men were held at the police station for half an hour. |
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