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Walter Smith Cox

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)

Walter Smith Cox served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). Appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes and confirmed Mar 1, 1879.

Appointed by
Rutherford B. Hayes
Confirmed
Mar 1, 1879
Born
1826

Appointments

  • Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)Rutherford B. Hayes · Mar 1, 1879 – Jul 1, 1899

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

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

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