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Alston Gordon Dayton
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia · 1905
Alston Gordon Dayton , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Alston Gordon Dayton (October 18, 1857 – July 30, 1920) was a United States representative from West Virginia and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Education
- Read law1878
- West Virginia UniversityA.B., 1878
- West Virginia UniversityM.A., 1880
Career
Private practice, Philippi, West Virginia, 1878-1879; Prosecutor, Upshur County, West Virginia, 1879-1884; Prosecutor, Barbour County, West Virginia, 1884-1888; Private practice, West Virginia, 1886-1895; U.S. representative from West Virginia, 1895-1905
Biography
Alston Gordon Dayton (October 18, 1857 – July 30, 1920) was a United States representative from West Virginia and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
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