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Peyton Gordon
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)
Peyton Gordon served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). Appointed by Calvin Coolidge and confirmed Mar 29, 1928.
- Appointed by
- Calvin Coolidge
- Confirmed
- Mar 29, 1928
- Born
- 1870
Appointments
- Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)Calvin Coolidge · Mar 29, 1928 – Sep 17, 1946
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
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