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Thomas Day Thacher

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Thomas Day Thacher served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Appointed by Calvin Coolidge and confirmed Jan 19, 1925.

Appointed by
Calvin Coolidge
Confirmed
Jan 19, 1925
Born
1881

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkCalvin Coolidge · Jan 19, 1925 – Apr 10, 1930

Education

  • Yale Law School
  • Yale UniversityB.A., 1904
  • Read law1906

Career

Private practice, New York City, 1906-1907, 1910-1917, 1918-1925, 1933-1943; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1907-1910; Major, American Red Cross Commission to Russia, 1917-1918; Solicitor general of the United States, 1930-1933; Corporation counsel, New York City, 1943; Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, 1943-1948

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

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