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Alfred Adams Wheat

Chief Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) · 1929–1930

Alfred Adams Wheat , Chief Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). Alfred Adams Wheat (June 13, 1867 – March 11, 1943) was an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

Education

  • Dartmouth CollegeA.B., 1889
  • Columbian University School of Law (now George Washington University Law School)LL.B., 1891

Career

Private practice, New York City, 1893-1922; Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1922-1929; Acting solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1929

Biography

Alfred Adams Wheat (June 13, 1867 – March 11, 1943) was an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

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