George Wesley Atkinson
Personal
Birthday:
6/29/1845
Birthplace:
Charleston, VA (now WV)
Date of Death:
4/4/1925
Place of Death:
Charleston, WV
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Assistant superintendent of public schools, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1868-1870
Collector of tolls, Kanawha [West Virginia] River Board, 1869-1871
Postmaster, Charleston, West Virginia, 1871-1877
Private practice, Charleston, West Virginia, 1875-1877
Editor, Wheeling [West Virginia] Standard, 1877-1878
Revenue agent, Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1879-1881
U.S. marshal, District of West Virginia, 1881-1885
U.S. representative from West Virginia, 1890-1891
Editor, West Virginia Journal, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1891-1896
Private practice, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1891-1896
Governor, West Virginia, 1897-1901
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1901-1905
Education
Name of School:
Ohio Wesleyan University
Degree:
A.B.
Degree Year:
1870
Name of School - Second:
Ohio Wesleyan University
Degree - Second:
A.M.
Degree Year - Second:
1873
Name of School - Third:
Howard University Law Department
Degree - Third:
LL.B.
Degree Year - Third:
1874 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Court of Claims
Court Name:
United States Court of Federal Claims
President Nominating:
Theodore Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
1/16/1906
Termination Date:
4/16/1916
Termination Reason:
Resignation