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Walter Irving McCoy

Chief Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) · 1914–1918

Walter Irving McCoy , Chief Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). Walter Irving McCoy (December 8, 1859 – July 17, 1933) was a United States representative from New Jersey and later was an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Education

  • Harvard UniversityA.B., 1882
  • Harvard UniversityA.M., 1886
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1886

Career

Private practice, New York City, 1886-1914; Village trustee, South Orange, New Jersey, 1893-1895, 1901-1905, 1910; U.S. representative from New Jersey, 1911-1914

Biography

Walter Irving McCoy (December 8, 1859 – July 17, 1933) was a United States representative from New Jersey and later was an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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