Alexander Burton Hagner

Alexander Burton Hagner (July 13, 1826 – June 30, 1915) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Early life Born in Washington, D.C., "Aleck" Hagner was a son of Frances Randall and Peter Hagner and younger brother to Gen. Peter Valentine Hagner. As a schoolboy, Hagner attended the Georgetown Classical and Mathematical Academy on West Street, 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. Career He was in private practice in Annapolis with his uncle Alexander Randall 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. In 1879, he left Annapolis to return to his birthplace, Washington, D.C., where he was an Associate Justice of the District of Columbia Supreme Court until his retirement in 1903.