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Daniel Thew Wright

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

Daniel Thew Wright served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt and confirmed Nov 17, 1903.

Appointed by
Theodore Roosevelt
Confirmed
Nov 17, 1903
Born
1864

Appointments

  • Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)Theodore Roosevelt · Nov 17, 1903 – Nov 15, 1914

Education

  • Cincinnati Law School (now University of Cincinnati College of Law)LL.B., 1887

Career

Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1887-; Village solicitor, Riverside, Ohio, 1888-1890; Mayor, Riverside, Ohio, 1890-1893; Assistant prosecutor, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1888-1893; second assistant, 1888-1890; first assistant, 1890-1893; Judge, Hamilton County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas, 1893-1898; Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law School; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1914-1937

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

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