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Seth Shepard

Seth Shepard

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Born 1847 in Brenham, TX

Died 1917 in Washington, DC

FJC ID: 2172

Seth Shepard (April 23, 1847 – December 3, 1917) was an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Brenham, Texas
    1868–present
  2. Georgetown University
    Lecturer in law · 1895–1910
  3. Private practice, Dallas, Texas
    1886–1893
  4. Private practice, Galveston, Texas, -
    1886
  5. Texas
    State senator · 1874–1875
  6. Confederate Army private
    1864–1865

Appointments

  1. District of Columbia District Court
    District of Columbia District Court
    1905–1917
    Term ended: retire_vol
  2. District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitChief Justice
    1905–1917 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
    Term ended: Retirement
  3. District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    1893–1905 · Appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
  4. District of Columbia District Court
    District of Columbia District Court
    1893–1905
    Term ended: other_pos

Education

  1. Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) School of Law
    LL.B. · 1868