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John Boyd Avis
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · 1929
John Boyd Avis , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. John Boyd Avis (July 11, 1875 – January 21, 1944) was an American attorney, jurist, and Republican Party politician who represented Gloucester County, New Jersey in both houses of the New Jersey legislature and served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He was a leading figure in South Jersey politics before his fifteen-year federal judicial service.
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Career
Private practice, Woodbury, New Jersey, 1898-1929; State assemblyman, New Jersey, 1902-1905; speaker, 1904-1905; State senator, New Jersey, 1906-1908
Biography
John Boyd Avis (July 11, 1875 – January 21, 1944) was an American attorney, jurist, and Republican Party politician who represented Gloucester County, New Jersey in both houses of the New Jersey legislature and served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He was a leading figure in South Jersey politics before his fifteen-year federal judicial service.
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