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Mortimer W. Byers

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Mortimer W. Byers served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Appointed by Herbert Hoover and confirmed Nov 20, 1929.

Appointed by
Herbert Hoover
Confirmed
Nov 20, 1929
Born
1877

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkHerbert Hoover · Nov 20, 1929 – Mar 5, 1962

Education

  • Columbia Law SchoolLL.B., 1898

Career

New York National Guard sergeant, Twenty-Third Regiment, World War I; Private practice, Brooklyn, New York, 1898-1929

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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