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Milton Dwight Purdy

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Former Born Nov. 3, 1866, Mogadore, OH Died Feb. 11, 1937

Appointment

Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William H. TaftRepublican president
Seat
MND0104
Service ended
May 1, 1909Resignation

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. District Court for the District of Minnesota Judge — March 3, 1909 Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Judge — May 1, 1909 Resignation William H. Taft

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.