George Thomas Washington (June 24, 1908 – August 21, 1971) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
George Thomas Washington
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1908 in Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Died 1971
FJC ID: 2511
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 16/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 252/year
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1971District of Columbia District Court · 1950–1971
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
U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant solicitor general · 1946–1949- ↳acting solicitor general · 1946–1947
- U.S. Delegation to UN Conference on Freedom of the Press, Geneva, SwitzerlandLegal adviser · 1948
- Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States1944–1946
- U.S. Lend-Lease Mission, Teheran, IranChief · 1943–1944
- Baghdad, IraqU.S. economic representative · 1942–1943
- Office of Emergency ManagementAttorney · 1942
- Private practice, New York City1932–1938
- Rhodes Scholar
Appointments
1950–1971 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1932- University of OxfordLitt.B., law · 1931
- Yale CollegePh.B. · 1928