Milton Dwight Purdy
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Assistant city attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1893-1897
Assistant county attorney, Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1897-1898
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Minnesota, 1898-1901
U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota, 1901-1902
U.S. Department of Justice, 1903-1908, 1922-1924; assistant attorney general, 1903-1905; assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1905-1908; special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1922-1924
Judge, U.S. Court for China, 1924
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, April 23, 1908; no Senate vote
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, December 8, 1908; no Senate vote
Education
University of Minnesota Law School
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