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Robert Dorsey Watkins

Robert Dorsey Watkins

Maryland District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Born 1900 in Baltimore, MD

Died 1986 in Catonsville, MD

FJC ID: 2517

Robert Dorsey Watkins (September 23, 1900 – March 19, 1986) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. University of Maryland School of Law
    University of Maryland School of Law
    Lecturer · 1925–1968
  2. Johns Hopkins University
    Lecturer · 1923–1965
  3. Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland
    1925–1955

Appointments

  1. Maryland District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of MarylandChief Judge
    1956–1986 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Johns Hopkins University
    Ph.D. · 1925
  2. University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)
    LL.B. · 1925
  3. Johns Hopkins University
    A.B. · 1922