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Louis Emory McComas

Louis Emory McComas

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1846 in near Hagerstown, MD

Died 1907 in Washington, DC

FJC ID: 1531

Louis Emory McComas (October 28, 1846 – November 10, 1907) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of both branches of the United States Congress and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. senator from Maryland
    1899–1905
  2. Private practice, Hagerstown, Maryland
    1868–1892
  3. U.S. representative from Maryland
    1883–1891
  4. Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland
    1876, 1890
  5. Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland

Appointments

  1. District of Columbia District Court
    District of Columbia District Court
    1905–1907
    Term ended: ded
  2. District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    1905–1907 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
    Term ended: Death
  3. District of Columbia District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)
    1893–1899 · Appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
    Term ended: Resignation

Education

  1. Read law
    1868
  2. Dickinson College
    1866