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Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel
Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1907
Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel , Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel (November 17, 1860 – August 7, 1937) was an Associate Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Education
- Westminster College, New Wilmington, PennsylvaniaA.B., 1885
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Career
County and prosecuting attorney, Laramie County, Wyoming, 1892-; State representative, Wyoming, 1894-; Attorney general, State of Wyoming, 1898-1905; Associate justice, Wyoming Supreme Court, 1905-1906; Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1906-1907
Biography
Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel (November 17, 1860 – August 7, 1937) was an Associate Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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