Henry Clay McDowell Jr. (August 24, 1861 – October 8, 1933) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
Henry Clay McDowell
Virginia Western District Court
Born 1861 in Louisville, KY
Died 1933 in Lexington, KY
FJC ID: 1545
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 9/year
Virginia Western District Court · 1901–1933
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, Lynchburg, Virginia1887–1901
Appointments
1901–1933 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1887- Yale CollegeB.A. · 1881