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Edward Lawrence Leahy
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1951
Edward Lawrence Leahy , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Edward Lawrence Leahy (February 9, 1886 – July 22, 1953) was an American attorney serving as United States Senator from Rhode Island and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Education
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.B., 1908
Career
Private practice, Bristol, Rhode Island, 1908-; Judge, Bristol [Rhode Island] Probate Court, 1910-1939; State representative, Rhode Island, 1911-1913; Master of chancery, Rhode Island Superior Court; U.S. Army lieutenant, World War I; Administrator of taxes, State of Rhode Island, 1919-1948; Director, Rhode Island Department of Revenue and Regulation, 1939; Member and director of finance, Rhode Island State Sinking Fund Commission, 1942-1946; Member, Rhode Island State Retirement Board, 1942-1946; Advisor, Rhode Island State Department of Finance, 1948-1949; U.S. senator from Rhode Island, 1949-1950
Biography
Edward Lawrence Leahy (February 9, 1886 – July 22, 1953) was an American attorney serving as United States Senator from Rhode Island and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
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