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Walter Smith Cox

Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) · 1879

Walter Smith Cox , Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). Walter Smith Cox (October 25, 1826 – June 25, 1902) was an associate justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Education

  • Georgetown College (now Georgetown University)B.A., 1843
  • Georgetown College (now Georgetown University)M.A., 1844
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1847

Career

Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1848-1879; Recorder, City of Georgetown, District of Columbia; Alderman, City of Georgetown, District of Columbia; Auditor, Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; Professor, Columbian University School of Law (now George Washington University Law School), 1874-1879, 1899-1902

Biography

Walter Smith Cox (October 25, 1826 – June 25, 1902) was an associate justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

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