Walter Smith Cox

1826–1902 · Georgetown, DC

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)Associate JusticeRutherford B. Hayes (Republican)Mar 1, 1879Retirement, Jul 1, 1899

Education

  • Georgetown College (now Georgetown University), B.A., 1843
  • Georgetown College (now Georgetown University), M.A., 1844
  • Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1847

Professional Career

Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1848-1879; Recorder, City of Georgetown, District of Columbia; Alderman, City of Georgetown, District of Columbia; Auditor, Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; Professor, Columbian University School of Law (now George Washington University Law School), 1874-1879, 1899-1902

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