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Thomas Day Thacher

Thomas Day Thacher

New York Southern District Court

Born 1881 in Tenafly, NJ

Died 1950 in New York, NY

FJC ID: 2358

Thomas Day Thacher (September 10, 1881 – November 12, 1950) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the 21st Solicitor General of the United States and a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. New York State Court of Appeals
    Judge · 1943–1948
  2. Private practice, New York City
    1906–1907, 1910–1917, 1918–1925, 1933–1943
  3. New York City
    Corporation counsel · 1943
  4. Solicitor general of the United States
    1930–1933
  5. American Red Cross Commission to Russia
    Major · 1917–1918
  6. Southern District of New York
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 1907–1910

Appointments

  1. New York Court of Appeals
    1943–1948
    Term ended: resign
  2. New York Southern District Court
    1925–1930 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
    Term ended: Resignation

Education

  1. Yale University Law School
  2. Yale University
  3. Yale University
    ba
  4. Yale University
    jd
  5. Read law
    1906
  6. Yale University
    B.A. · 1904