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Joseph Samuel Perry
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Joseph Samuel Perry served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Appointed by Harry S Truman and confirmed Aug 21, 1951.
- Appointed by
- Harry S Truman
- Confirmed
- Aug 21, 1951
- Born
- 1896
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisHarry S Truman · Aug 21, 1951 – Feb 18, 1984
Education
- University of AlabamaA.B., 1923
- University of Chicago School of Social Service AdministrationM.A., 1925
- University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D., 1927
Career
U.S. Navy, 1918-1919; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1928-1933; Master in chancery, Illinois Circuit Court, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 1933-1937; Private practice, Wheaton, Illinois, 1933-1937, 1943-1951; State senator from Forty-First District, Illinois, 1937-1943; Illinois Militia, 1942-1944; Public administrator, DuPage County, Illinois, 1949-1951
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