George Thomas McDermott (October 21, 1886 – January 19, 1937) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
George Thomas McDermott
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1886 in Winfield, KS
Died 1937
FJC ID: 1541
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 19/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 46/year
Kansas District Court · 1928–1929Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1929–1937
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Topeka, Kansas1910–1917, 1919–1928
U.S. Army lieutenant1917–1919
Appointments
1929–1937 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)Term ended: Death
1928–1929 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1909- University of ChicagoPh.B. · 1908