William James Wallace

William James Wallace (April 14, 1837 – March 11, 1917) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Education and career Born on April 14, 1837, in Syracuse, New York, Wallace attended Syracuse University and received a Bachelor of Laws in 1857 from the law department of Hamilton College, then read law in 1858. He entered private practice in Syracuse from 1859 to 1874. He was the Mayor of Syracuse from 1873 to 1874. Federal judicial service