"leading figure in shaping Indiana's judiciary." Blackford remains among the longest serving jurists is United States history, having spent 12,899 days as Chief justice, 1,764 on the Court of Claims, and 1,060 as an Indiana Territory Circuit Court judge, Blackford served a total 15,723 as a jurist. Electoral history Footnotes References Bibliography External links Isaac Newton Blackford at Findagrave Judges of the United States Court of Claims 1786 births 1859 deaths Burials at Crown Hill Cemetery Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives Indiana Whigs 19th-century American politicians United States federal judges appointed by Franklin Pierce 19th-century American judges Blackford County, Indiana Indiana Territory officials People from Bound Brook, New Jersey Politicians from Indianapolis Indiana lawyers Indiana Democratic-Republicans Chief Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law Princeton University alumni