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Walter Irving McCoy
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)
Walter Irving McCoy served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). Appointed by Woodrow Wilson and confirmed May 22, 1918.
- Appointed by
- Woodrow Wilson
- Confirmed
- May 22, 1918
- Born
- 1859
Appointments
- Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)Woodrow Wilson · Oct 2, 1914 – May 31, 1918
- Chief Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)Woodrow Wilson · May 22, 1918 – Dec 8, 1929
Education
- Harvard UniversityA.B., 1882
- Harvard UniversityA.M., 1886
- Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1886
Career
Private practice, New York City, 1886-1914; Village trustee, South Orange, New Jersey, 1893-1895, 1901-1905, 1910; U.S. representative from New Jersey, 1911-1914
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