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Joseph Whitaker Thompson
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1912–1931
Joseph Whitaker Thompson , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Joseph Whitaker Thompson (August 19, 1861 – January 7, 1946) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)LL.B., 1887
Career
Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1900-1904; U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1904-1912
Biography
Joseph Whitaker Thompson (August 19, 1861 – January 7, 1946) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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