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David Patterson Dyer
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
David Patterson Dyer served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt and confirmed Mar 1, 1907.
- Appointed by
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Confirmed
- Mar 1, 1907
- Born
- 1838
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of MissouriTheodore Roosevelt · Mar 1, 1907 – Apr 29, 1924
Education
- St. Charles College
- Read law1859
Career
Private practice, Pike County, Missouri, 1859-1875; Prosecutor, Third Judicial Circuit, Missouri, 1860; U.S. Army commander, Civil War; State representative, Missouri, 1862-1865; Secretary, Missouri State Senate, 1866; U.S. representative from Missouri, 1869-1871; Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1871-1902; U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1875-1876, 1902-1907
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