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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title
Chief Justice
Appointed by
Calvin CoolidgeRepublican president
Seat
CADC0104
Nominated
May 16, 1924
Committee action
Reported (favorably)May 22, 1924
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
May 22, 1924
Commissioned
May 22, 1924
Senior status
Sept. 30, 1937
Service ended
April 14, 1948Death

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) Associate Judge Feb. 8, 1911 Jan. 10, 1923 Appointment to Another Judicial Position William H. Taft
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) Presiding Judge Jan. 4, 1923 May 24, 1924 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Warren G. Harding
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Chief Justice May 22, 1924 April 14, 1948 Death Calvin Coolidge

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.