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Peyton Gordon
Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) · 1928
Peyton Gordon , Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). Peyton Gordon (April 30, 1870 – September 17, 1946) was an Associate Justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
Education
- Columbian University School of Law (now George Washington University Law School)LL.B., 1890
- Columbian University School of Law (now George Washington University Law School)LL.M., 1891
Career
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1891-1904; Pardon attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1904-1907; Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1907-1913; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1914-1917, 1918-1921; U.S. Army, JAG Department, 1917-1918; U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 1921-1928
Biography
Peyton Gordon (April 30, 1870 – September 17, 1946) was an Associate Justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
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