William Henry Moody
| William Henry Moody | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Former Justice |
| Position: | Seat #5 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Active: | 12/12/1906 - 11/19/1910 |
| Preceded by: | Henry Billings Brown |
| Succeeded by: | Joseph Rucker Lamar |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | December 23, 1853 |
| Home State: | Newbury, MA |
| Deceased: | July 2, 1917 |
| Undergraduate: | Harvard, A.B., 1876 |
| Law School: | Read law, 1878 |
Contents |
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1878-1890
- City solicitor, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1888-1890
- U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 1890-1895
- U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1895-1902
- U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1902-1904
- Attorney General of the United States, 1904-1906 [1]
Judicial career
Supreme Court of the United States
He was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 3, 1906 to fill a seat vacated by Henry Billings Brown. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 12th, and received commission that same day. He resigned on November 19, 1910.[1] He was succeeded to this post by Joseph Rucker Lamar.
See also
External links
- Biography from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Justice Moody's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Henry Billings Brown |
Supreme Court 1906–1910 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: Joseph Rucker Lamar |
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| 1901 | |||
| 1902 |
Anderson • Burns • Coxe • Gould • Hale • Holmes • Platt • Ray • Townsend • Waite | ||
| 1903 |
Clabaugh • Day • Hay • Holt • Hook • McClelland • Morris • Pollock • Pritchard • Richards • Van Devanter • Daniel Wright • Francis Wright | ||
| 1904 |
Duell • Holland • Hunt • Lanning • Reed • Shepard • Stafford | ||
| 1905 |
Adams • Atkinson • Barney • Bethea • Booth • Cross • Dayton • Dodge • Finkelnburg • Kohlsaat • Landis • Lowell • McCall • McComas • Quarles • Sanborn • Seaman • Tayler • Whitson • Wolverton • Wright | ||
| 1906 |
Buffington • Chatfield • Ewing • Farrington • Hough • Knappen • Lewis • Martin • Moody • Peelle • Robb | ||
| 1907 |
Campbell • Cotteral • Dietrich • Dyer • Hundley • Munger • Noyes Saunders • Sheppard • Van Fleet • Van Orsdel • Ward | ||
| 1908 |
Chamberlain • Purdy • Sanford • Sater • Young | ||
| 1909 | |||
