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Thomas Day Thacher

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 1925

Thomas Day Thacher , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Thomas Day Thacher (September 10, 1881 – November 12, 1950) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the 21st Solicitor General of the United States and a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

Education

  • Yale Law School
  • Yale UniversityB.A., 1904
  • Read law1906

Career

Private practice, New York City, 1906-1907, 1910-1917, 1918-1925, 1933-1943; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1907-1910; Major, American Red Cross Commission to Russia, 1917-1918; Solicitor general of the United States, 1930-1933; Corporation counsel, New York City, 1943; Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, 1943-1948

Biography

Thomas Day Thacher (September 10, 1881 – November 12, 1950) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the 21st Solicitor General of the United States and a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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