Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh

Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh (May 10, 1764 December 31, 1814) was a United States federal judge.

Born in King George County, Virginia, Fitzhugh was in private practice in Fairfax County, Virginia, with some brief interruptions, from 1790 to 1803. He served as a Delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1790–1791, and in 1802.

On November 21, 1803, Fitzhugh was nominated by President Thomas Jefferson to a seat on the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia vacated by James Markham Marshall. Fitzhugh was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 25, 1803, and received his commission the same day, serving thereafter until his death, in 1814, in Fairfax, Virginia.

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