Bland Ballard

Bland Ballard (September 4, 1819 – July 29, 1879) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky. Education and career Born on September 4, 1819, in Shelby County, Kentucky, Ballard received his basic education at Shelby College in Shelbyville, Kentucky, and Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana. Ballard read law in the office of Judge James Turner Morehead to enter the Kentucky Bar in 1840, and later graduated from the law department of Transylvania University in 1846. He entered private practice in Shelbyville in 1840. He continued private practice in Louisville, Kentucky from 1840 to 1861, in partnership with Henry Pirtle, who later served as Chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court. Ballard served as a city councilman of Louisville. Ballard was connected with the business interests of Louisville and took an active interest in the city and its institutions. Federal judicial service