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Joseph Very Quarles

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

Joseph Very Quarles served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt and confirmed Mar 6, 1905.

Appointed by
Theodore Roosevelt
Confirmed
Mar 6, 1905
Born
1843

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of WisconsinTheodore Roosevelt · Mar 6, 1905 – Oct 7, 1911

Education

  • University of MichiganA.B., 1866
  • University of Michigan Law SchoolLL.B., 1867

Career

Private practice, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1868-1882; District attorney, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, 1870-1876; Mayor, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1876; State representative, Wisconsin, 1879; State senator, Wisconsin, 1880-1882; Private practice, Racine, Wisconsin, 1882-1888; Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1888-1899; U.S. senator from Wisconsin, 1899-1905

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

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