Nelson McVicar (January 25, 1871 – December 20, 1960) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Nelson McVicar
Pennsylvania Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Born 1871 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Died 1960 in Tarentum, PA
FJC ID: 1603
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year
Pennsylvania Western District Court · 1928–1960
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
- Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County [Pennsylvania]Judge · 1925–1928
- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania1896–1925
- Tarentum Borough, PennsylvaniaSolicitor · 1896–1925
- PennsylvaniaState representative · 1914–1924
Appointments
1928–1960 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1896