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Milton Dwight Purdy

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Milton Dwight Purdy served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Appointed by William H. Taft.

Appointed by
William H. Taft
Born
1866

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of MinnesotaTheodore Roosevelt · – Mar 3, 1909
  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of MinnesotaWilliam H. Taft · – May 1, 1909

Education

  • University of MinnesotaA.B., 1891
  • University of Minnesota Law SchoolLL.B., 1892

Career

Assistant city attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1893-1897; Assistant county attorney, Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1897-1898; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Minnesota, 1898-1901; U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota, 1901-1902; U.S. Department of Justice, 1903-1908, 1922-1924; assistant attorney general, 1903-1905; assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1905-1908; special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1922-1924

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

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