James Harry Covington

1870–1942 · Talbot County, MD

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)Chief JusticeWoodrow Wilson (Democratic)Jun 15, 1914Resignation, May 31, 1918

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School), LL.B., 1894

Professional Career

Private practice, Easton, Maryland, 1894-; State's attorney, Talbot County, Maryland, 1903-1908; U.S. representative from Maryland, 1909-1914; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1918-1942; Professor of law, Georgetown University, 1914-1919; Member, U.S. Railroad Wage Commission, 1918

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