George Thomas Washington (Federal judge)

George Thomas Washington

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Years in office: 1965 - 1971

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Years in office: 1950 - 1965

Personal

Birthplace

Cuyahoga Falls, OH

George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Washington was nominated by President Harry Truman on October 21, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493; he was nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate on April 28, 1950, and received commission on May 1st. He assumed senior status on November 10, 1965, and served in that capacity until his death on August 21, 1971.^[1]

Education[edit]

• Yale College, Ph.B., 1928
• Oxford University, Litt.B. (Law), 1931
• Yale Law School, LL.B., 1932^[1]

Professional career[edit]

• Rhodes scholar
• Private practice, New York City, 1932-1938
• Faculty member, Cornell University Law School, 1938-1942
• Professor of Law, 1942
• Attorney, Office of Emergency Management, 1942
• U.S. economic representative, Baghdad, Iraq, 1942-1943
• Chief, U.S. Lend-Lease Mission, Teheran, Iran, 1943-1944
• Special assistant to U.S. attorney general, 1944-1946
• Assistant solicitor general of the United States, 1946-1949
• Acting Solicitor General of the United States, 1946-1947
• Legal adviser, U.S. Delegation to UN Conference on Freedom of the Press, Geneva, 1948^[1]

Footnotes[edit]

v • e Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Srikanth Srinivasan   •  Karen Henderson  •  J. Michelle Childs  •  Florence Pan  •  Robert Leon Wilkins  •  Patricia Ann Millett  •  Cornelia T. L. Pillard  •  Greg Katsas  •  Neomi Rao  •  Justin Walker (U.S. Court of Appeals)  •  Bradley Garcia
Senior judges	David Sentelle  •  Douglas Ginsburg  •  David Tatel  •  Harry Edwards  •  Arthur Randolph  •
Former judges	William Cranch  •  James Markham Marshall  •  Allen Bowie Duckett  •  Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh  •  William Kilty  •  James Sewall Morsell  •  Buckner Thruston  •  James Dunlop  •  William Matthew Merrick  •  Richard Henry Alvey  •  Martin Ferdinand Morris  •  Seth Shepard  •  Louis Emory McComas  •  Charles Holland Duell  •  Charles Henry Robb  •  Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel  •  William Hitz  •  Constantine Joseph Smyth  •  Duncan Groner  •  George Ewing Martin  •  James McPherson Proctor (Federal judge)  •  Harold Montelle Stephens  •  Henry Edgerton  •  Justin Miller (D.C. Circuit)  •  Stephen F. Williams  •  Janice Rogers Brown  •  Merrick Garland  •  Thomas Griffith  •  Brett Kavanaugh  •  Laurence Silberman  •  Walter Bastian  •  Edward Tamm  •  Spottswood Robinson  •  Thurman Arnold  •  Bennett Clark  •  Wilbur Miller  •  David Bazelon  •  Robert Bork  •  John Danaher  •  Charles Fahy  •  George MacKinnon  •  Carl McGowan  •  Abner Mikva  •  Elijah Prettyman  •  Roger Robb  •  Kenneth Starr  •  Patricia Wald  •  George Thomas Washington (Federal judge)  •  Malcolm Wilkey  •  George Edward MacKinnon  •  Ketanji Brown Jackson  •  James Wright (Louisiana)  •
Former Chief judges	William Cranch  •  Richard Henry Alvey  •  Seth Shepard  •  Constantine Joseph Smyth  •  Duncan Groner  •  George Ewing Martin  •  Harold Montelle Stephens  •  Henry Edgerton  •  David Sentelle  •  Merrick Garland  •  Douglas Ginsburg  •  Harry Edwards  •  Spottswood Robinson  •  Wilbur Miller  •  David Bazelon  •  Carl McGowan  •  Abner Mikva  •  Elijah Prettyman  •  Patricia Wald  •  James Wright (Louisiana)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Harry Truman
1945	Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice
1946	Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm
1949	Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright
1950	Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley
1951	Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl
1952	Cole • Friedman • Williams •