Alston Gordon Dayton
Personal
Birthday:
10/18/1857
Birthplace:
Philippi, VA (now WV)
Date of Death:
7/30/1920
Place of Death:
Battle Creek, MI
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Philippi, West Virginia, 1878-1879
Prosecutor, Upshur County, West Virginia, 1879-1884
Prosecutor, Barbour County, West Virginia, 1884-1888
Private practice, West Virginia, 1886-1895
U.S. representative from West Virginia, 1895-1905
Education
Name of School:
West Virginia University
Degree:
A.B.
Degree Year:
1878
Name of School - Second:
West Virginia University
Degree - Second:
M.A.
Degree Year - Second:
1880
Name of School - Third:
Read law
Degree Year - Third:
1878 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia
Court Name:
West Virginia Northern District Court
President Nominating:
Theodore Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
3/14/1905
Termination Date:
7/30/1920
Termination Reason:
Death